Download technical sheet in PDF : Volnay-Santenots Premier Cru Cuvée Gauvain

COMPOSITION

This Cuvée is composed from the following plots:
Les Santenots du Milieu, Les Plures
Total area : 1,4 ha

STORY OF THE CUVÉE

Bernard Gauvain is one of the Hospices’ most generous benefactors, who left all his worldly goods to the Hospice de la Charité in 1804. His widow gave one of Beaune’s finest, Louis XV houses, now the seat of the Union of Burgundy Négociants, place Carnot. The Gauvain family crest may be seen above the door.

TERROIRS & DESCRIPTION

The wines coming from its Volnay-Santenots hillsides constitute one of the greatest glories of the Hospices de Beaune. Often amongst the first to ripen, the vines give wines which are rich, complex, elegant and long.