FFW 2021 Wine Catalogue

BURGUNDY CÔTEDEBEAUNE

VOLNAY, 1ERCRUENCHAMPANS DOMAINE JOSEPH VOILLOT 2018 DRINK2023 - 2030

6x75 £275

Complex, pure black fruit on the nose. Really very concentrated on the palate. The phrase huge crowd pleaser came tomind when tasting this fantastic wine. There is great balance and tension here between theminerality, structure and fruit profile. There’s a herbal fresh finish with hints of white pepper.

MEET THE GROWER Domaine

Joseph Voillot VOLNAY Julian has enjoyed a long associationwith these wines and remembers vividly some years ago drinking a bottle of 1964 Volnay 1er Cru Champans. We are delighted to be working with themat Farthinghoe. Etienne Chaix has taken over winemaking fromhis uncle Jean-Pierre Charlot, continuing their style of purity and finesse and these wines certainly age well. The Domaine is around 10 hectares, principally in Volnay and Pommard. Vines are old, grapes are partially de-stemmed, ageing is in 30% new barrels for 15 - 18months, and wines are bottled unfined. A fine, mineral style, so fresh, and yet with quite serious structure that explains the liveliness of the 1964 Volnay. They do gentle punching down and pumping over twice a day, which provides structure to balance the beautiful fruit profiles of these wines. These are a welcome addition to our growing Burgundy portfolio.

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