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So vibrant that the brambly black fruits nearly dance about the glass, this ’09 is for wine-lovers who love energetic, charming and winsome Pommards. But cellar this wine for at least a couple of years to get the best from it—there’ll still be plenty of ripe, lush, fresh fruit and the tannins will only become more refined. Cellar for a couple of years and drink well into the next decade.
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Subregion: Cote de Nuits
- Subregion: Pommard
- Vineyard: Les Pézerolles
Among all the producers in the Côte de Beaune, Joseph Voillot, has perhaps the most comprehensive holdings in the region. Voillot’s holdings span 22 acres, consist of nearly forty vineyards, and produce eighteen wines. While this may seem like a lot of land and many wines—and it is—Voillot’s production of each wine averages between 200-300 cases. The allocations are tiny, in short. It’s this comprehensiveness, along with seriously old vines (they average fifty years of age, and some are as old as 110), that give Voillot the ability to craft wines whose quality and age-worthiness rival those of Domaine Marquis d'Angerville and Domaine Michel Lafarge.
While many wine-lovers came to know the estate through their stellar 2002 vintage, Voillot has been crafting wines for over five generations; however, since 1995 when son-in-law to Joseph Voillot Jean Pierre Charlot took over the estate’s leadership, Voillot has seriously upped the ante, consistently making wines that will make even die-hard Pinot Noir drinkers swoon. Pommard or Volnay, you can’t go wrong with Voillot’s way with Pinot Noir.
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