Volnay 1er Cru Cuvée Blondeau
Albert Bichot’s view
Luminous color. Complex nose of wild berries, black fruit and Morello cherry. The palate is beautifully elegant and structured, typical of the terroirs that make up this great wine.
Food pairings
Eggs en meurette, chicken with morel mushrooms, ribs with orange sauce.
This cuvée is composed of Taille-Pieds, Champans, Roncerets and Mitans. The Taille-Pieds parcel is located at the top of the hillside, with a white soil rich in small pebbles and very fine granulometry. All the ingredients needed to understand the very airy side of this cuvée. The Roncerets and Mitans provide tension and minerality with a slightly "tight" mid-palate, like the clays of which they are composed. Finally, the Champans are on a large, south-east-facing hillside with a steep slope. The soil is more chalky on the upper part, and deeper on the lower part. The result is fine, full-bodied, generous and powerful wines.
- Region: Côte de Beaune
- Village: Volnay
- Level: Premier Cru
- Appellation: Volnay 1er cru
- Varietal: Pinot Noir
- Plots: Les Champans 0.64 ha, En Taille Pieds 0.56 ha, Le Ronceret 0.36 ha, Les Mitans 0.25 ha.
Vinification and aging
This Volnay 1er Cru Cuvée Blondeau has been skilfully vinified by the Domaine des Hospices de Beaune. Sold every year at the Hospices auction on the 3rd Sunday in November, Albert Bichot regularly buys this great wine on behalf of clients who then entrust us with its ageing in our cellars. During this important period, thanks to meticulous work and the blending of a variety of barrels, we further develop its complexity and potential.The Domaine des Hospices de Beaune has been certified organic since the 2024 harvest, and we naturally age your wine in our Albert Bichot cellars in line with this environmentally-friendly philosophy.
History of the cuvée
In 1811, François Blondeau donated the bells for the Hospice de la Charité on rue de Lorraine in Beaune. He also had the Volnay church restored and a school built. To care for five elderly people in perpetuity, he donated all his vineyards in Pommard and Volnay. The composition of the Cuvée should not leave wine-lovers indifferent: the wine is 70% Champans and Taille Pieds, planted between 1952 and 1989. Ronceret, planted half in 1961 and half in 2005, and Mitans, planted between 1955 and 1972, make up the remainder.
Results of previous auctions
This chart shows the evolution of hammer prices and number of barrels for sale.
| Vintage | Number of barrels for sale | Average hammer price |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 20 938 € |
| 2023 | 20 | 17 550 € |
| 2022 | 26 | 22 231 € |
| 2021 | 9 | 22 444 € |
| 2020 | 18 | 12 028 € |
| 2019 | 22 | 14 182 € |
| 2018 | 26 | 11 885 € |
| 2017 | 21 | 9 881 € |
| 2016 | 23 | 10 087 € |
| 2015 | 21 | 6 648 € |
