Benjamin Leroux Volnay Les Santenots Premier Cru 2018

Benjamin Leroux is a vigneron that started his own domaine and negoce in 2007, anomaly in the field, he doesn't come from a winemaking family. In fact his parents owned a flower shop in their little town but Benjamin knew from a young age that winemaking was what he wanted to do. After studying viticulture at the school in Beaune, he worked at some very famous domaines including Cos d'Estournel, Louis Jadot, Domaine Drouhin and Comte Armand in Pommard where he was named techincal director and manager at the age of 24. Since his time at Comte, his label has been growing and he is now purchased 8 hectares of his own vineyards.