This red is laced with beautiful cherry fruit, pure and lively. Accents of mineral and spice add depth, wrapping around the elegant frame. Fine length and echoes of mineral and spice complete the experience. Best from 2022 through — BS

The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots is terrific, with a ripe, medium to full-bodied, concentrated style that picks up more and more freshness and vibrancy with air. Red and black fruits, leafy herbs, licorice, and floral notes all define the aromatics, and it has velvety tannins, plenty of mid-palate depth, and outstanding length. It's drinking nicely today, with good complexity, yet should easily evolve for another 15 years on its balance and concentration.

(VN 90-93 points) Clerget's Volnay Les Santenots 1er Cru is one of the more overtly ripe wines in the lineup. Kirsch, red raspberries, mint and wild flowers are all given an extra kick of raciness in the Santenots, a wine that really stands out for its nuance, suppleness and flat-out deliciousness. -- Antonio Galloni

(WA 90-92 points) The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots is one of the more reserved wines in the range, unfolding in the glass with a reticent bouquet of sweet red fruit, spices and cola. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with a firm chassis of tannin but good flesh to cover its structural bones, displaying good concentration at the core and juicy balancing acids. - William Kelley