2018 Joseph Voillot Volnay Vieilles Vignes

Winemaker Notes:  Four parcels—Cras, Poisots, Saussilles and Vaumuriens—totaling 3 acres with the vines averaging 54 years old. The village of Pommard is located between Volnay and Beaune, it has a little more than 500 inhabitants. Like Volnay, the Pommard appellation is exclusively composed of vines planted with Pinot Noir grape varieties. It has 29 climates classified as premier cru, revealing rich and deep wines

This venerable fifth-generation domaine has holdings in the top vineyards of both Volnay and Pommard. Joseph Voillot's son-in-law, Jean Pierre Charlot, is now the managing director; he worked closely with Joseph from 1980 until Joseph’s retirement in 1995. For many years, Jean Pierre was a professor at the Lycée Viticole in Beaune, where he taught several of Burgundy’s rising stars. He’s a meticulous man, and what interests him is handling the challenging years when the vineyard work, triage at harvest, and careful cellar practices really pay off. It’s immediately evident when tasting through the domaine’s range that these are true “vins de terroir” (thus the judicious use of new oak), and each wine at every level reflects its origin. Anyone who wants to grasp the essence of Volnay and Pommard needs to look no further than Domaine Joseph Voillot.

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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "Opening in the glass with scents of sweet berries, plums, cassis and dark chocolate, the 2018 Volnay Vieilles Vignes is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a generous core of fruit and youthfully chalky structuring tannins."