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The purity of Charlot’s winemaking inspired restaurant Alain Ducasse in Manhattan to buy six of Voillot’s 2000s for a horizontal—an honor, for the Ducasse list offers only one horizontal at any given time. The three acres of 50 year old vines yielded just 600 cases from the historic and ripe 2009 vintage.
- Country: France
- Region: Burgundy
- Subregion: Cote de Nuits
- Commune/Village: Volnay
- Vineyard: Les Fremiets
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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