Offering up aromas of wild berries, spices, raw cocoa and dried petals, Glantenay's 2019 Volnay Village is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with lively acids and a long, nicely perfumed finish. As usual, this includes two small premier cru parcels in Les Lurets and En l'Ormeau that Glantenay doesn't vinify separately and which represent around 20% of the cuvée.

As is invariably the case, the 2018 Volnay Village includes two small premier cru parcels in Les Lurets and En l'Ormeau that Glantenay doesn't vinify separately. Bursting from the glass with a generous bouquet of wild berries, cassis, peonies and sweet soil tones, it's medium to full-bodied, lively and velvety, with a rich core of fruit, succulent acids and a long finish.

As usual, the 2017 Volnay Village includes two small premier cru parcels that Glantenay doesn't wish to vinify separately, and it's shaping up very nicely, offering up a fragrant nose of sweet cherries and berries, violets and orange rind. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, satiny and supple, with an ample core of sweet fruit and a fine-grained, elegantly chalky finish.

As mentioned in the producer introduction, one-third of the 2016 Volnay Village consists of whatever could be rescued from the three premier crus this year. As such, it has a powerful and ambitious bouquet with feisty blackberry and blueberry fruit laced with spices, perhaps just showing a little VA here. The palate is medium-bodied with crunchy black fruit, a healthy dash of cracked black pepper and a penetrating finish. There is something on the aftertaste reminiscent of padrón peppers, discrete but certainly there. Hopefully this will calm down once in bottle.