- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Domaine Joseph Voillot
- Region
- Volnay
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Drinking
- 2017 - 2027
- Case size
- 12x75cl
- Available Now
2012 VOLNAY 1ER CRU LES FRÉMIETS JOSEPH VOILLOT - 12x75cl
- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Domaine Joseph Voillot
- Region
- Volnay
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Drinking
- 2017 - 2027
- Case size
- 12x75cl
- Available Now
- Pricing
- Retail
- In Bond
- Pricing Info
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Tasting Notes
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Goedhuis, January 2014
A very harmonious and refined style, this is elegant and pure with delicate flavours of cherries and red currants. Beautifully clean and very long.
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Neal Martin, December 2013,
Score: 90-92The 2012 Volnay 1er Cru Les Fremiets comes from a 0.61-hectare parcel of 45-year-old vines. It has a wily, feminine bouquet with ripe red cherry and red currant fruit. The tannins are fine, feeling lithe in the mouth. This is very pure Volnay, weightless on the finish yet with the intensity of fruit you seek. Beautiful. Fortunately there are 10 barrels this year compared to two and a half next.
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Producer
Domaine Joseph Voillot

The Voillots have been winemakers for 5 generations. They produce 17 appellations from 35 parcels in 10 hectares across 4 communes including Pommard and Volnay. Since 1995, Joseph's hearty and jolly son-in-law, Jean-Pierre Charlot, has taken over the domaine. His personality makes it worth the trip alone. Utterly sincere and fantastically funny, we always leave with a smile on our face. Luckily the wines are superb as well - terroir-driven, classically styled and silky - they are hallmarks of top quality Côte de Beaune reds.
Region
Volnay
A red wine appellation only, wines from Volnay might be considered the most revered of southern Burgundy. They have been celebrated since the 18th century for their delicacy. But they are not fruit forward like those of Beaune or Chorey Lès Beaune nor have the brooding structure of Pommard.Instead, they have superb linearity, focus and poise while sheathed in velvety tannin. This slightly reticent personality comes out even more with a bit of age, though some can be approached very young. There are no grand cru vineyards in Volnay, but there are some excellent premier cru examples including Volnay Les Champans and Volnay Les Caillerets. Chardonnay grown in the shared Santenots vineyard must be labelled as Meursault.