German-born Bastian Wolber is a citizen of the wine world, with a path that’s taken him from Baden to the Mosel, Alsace, Jura, and now Burgundy. A skateboard accident during harvest with Jean-François Ganevat in 2019 might have ended the journey for most, but Bastian turned it into the start of something entirely his own. He launched Laisse Tomber—meaning “let it fall”—as a micro-négoce project using organic grapes from friends across Alsace, Baden, and Burgundy, vinifying with a light touch and zero pretense.
Today, he lives in Volnay, where he shares a cellar above Pousse d’Or and works full-time with Jean-Yves Bizot. He now farms 1.3 hectares of his own vines, while continuing to make wines under the Laisse Tomber label.
Everything is done with native yeasts, whole clusters, minimal sulfur, and a feel-first approach shaped by instinct and trust in place. The wines are expressive and precise, shaped by a joyous resolve and an unwavering sense of exploration.
This Volnay comes from Grands Poisots, a village-level site planted on deep, red, iron-rich soils just below the premiers crus. The fruit was harvested by hand and fermented entirely with whole clusters in tank. The fermentation lasted two to three weeks, driven by native yeasts and semi-carbonic maceration. Extraction was minimal, limited to a few foot treads and cap wettings near the end of fermentation.
The wine was aged for 10 to 13 months in used 228- and 350-liter barrels, then rested in tank before bottling. No fining or filtration was used, and just 10 ppm of sulfur was added at bottling. The resulting Volnay seen through Bastian Wolber’s lens is lifted, detailed, and structured by touch rather than force, shaped by soil and a smile-inducing sense of joie de vivre.
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