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COMPOSITION

This Cuvée is composed from the following plots:
Les Champans, Taille Pieds, En L’Ormeau, En Roncerets
Total area : 1,81 ha

STORY OF THE CUVÉE

In 1811, François Blondeau gave the bells of the Hospice de la Charité, which you still hear chiming as you walk along Beaune’s rue de Lorraine. Blondeau restored the church in Volnay, built a school, and gave all his vineyards in Pommard and Volnay so that 5 old people might be cared for, in perpetuity.

TERROIRS & DESCRIPTION

Lovers of Volnay will prick up their ears at the roll-call of First Growths here: Champans and Taille Pieds, planted between 1952 and 1989, make up over 70% of this Cuvée. The Ronceret, planted in 1961, and Mitans, planted between 1955 and 1972, make up the remaining 30% of the Cuvée.