Volnay 2022
- Red
- 75 cl
Volnay 2022: This Volnay red from the Perronnet Latour estate comes from a very qualitative, charming and balanced vintage.
To be discovered without delay, limited quantities!
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tasting
Volnay 2022
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Complex
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Powerful
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Mineral
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Fruity
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Woody
The Perronnet Latour estate pays particular attention to the vinification of its Burgundy wines. The harvest by hand in boxes avoids the compaction of the grapes. Only the ripe grapes are selected by the pickers, the sorting being carried out in the vineyard.
Ideally exposed to the south and south-east, divided into 6 plots for the terroirs in the middle of the hillsides, the soils are made up of brown limestone soil on Oligocene conglomerates.
For the hillside plots, the soils are predominantly marl and clayey, the slope is very marked, the soils are strewn with small pebbles, which is obviously very positive for the vines.
Aged in oak barrels, this Volnay is a fruity wine in its youth, with notes of cherries, morello cherries, and a bouquet of violets.
Its ageing allows it to release aromas of undergrowth, vanilla, and sweeter flavours (candied fruit).
Serving temperature: 14 to 16°
food pairing
Full, round Burgundy red wine: pasta and risotto, grilled or roasted pork, roasted veal, sauce or pan-fried, Lamb, poultry, rabbit, roast beef, game birds, liver, kidneys in sauce, skewers, kebab, woks, camembert, brie
features
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Appellation
Village -
Type of Wine
Still -
Wine Making
Oak casks -
Grape Variety
Pinot Noir -
Harvest
Manual -
Burgundy Region
Côte de Beaune -
Vintage
2022 -
Service
14 to 16 degrees -
Custody potential
2027
appellation
Volnay
Wine Characteristics
Volnay, admired for its delicacy, its sap, and its bouquet, has always been thought of as the most feminine of Bourgogne wines. Though certain of its terroirs modify this judgement with more vigorous and muscular versions, it truly does stand out among the red wines of the Côte de Beaune like the lipstick imprint of a kiss... The colour varies from bright ruby to a light garnet.
Its aromas are of violet, gooseberry, cherry, and - with age - spices, game and cooked prune. It has an immediate appeal which, added to a slight natural precocity, means it can be fully open while still relatively young. The attack is fresh, the finish is warm. Drinking this wine, one seems to bite into a fresh fruit and breath in its heady aroma.
Wine Steward’s Tip
Its velvety femininity is matched by its great aromatic intensity. This makes it a predestined partner for sophisticated poultry dishes, patiently roasted and glazed, which can bathe in the fruit and spice aromas of the wine.
Better still, especially for the Premiers Crus, is feathered game, stewed or slowly braised, or simply roasted. In this company the opulence and meaty texture of this great wine work wonders. For the more adventurous, it might accompany a couscous or a tajine with meat or poultry or even both. The intensity of Volnay allows it to blend with distinctly flavoured cheeses.
Serving temperature: 14 to 16°C.
Situation
Volnay, perched on the hill of Chaignot high up in the Côte de Beaune, occupies a narrow and steeply sloping site as if to allow more space to the vines. The hill itself is oriented slightly differently from the general run of the country so that the vines face South-East rather than East. These vineyards have been valued and exploited for centuries. Long before the Revolution the harvests of Volnay went to the Knights of Malta, the Abbeys of Saint-Andoche d’Autun and Maizières, or to the Dukes of Bourgogne and their successors, the Kings of France.
The typicity of this red Pinot Noir wine was fixed as early as the 18th century.
It gained its controlled appellation status in 1937. The appellation Volnay is twinned with Volnay-Santenots, grown in neighbouring Meursault on ground equally suited to the Pinot Noir grape.
Terroirs
The oolitic limestone has a superficial similarity to the reddish igneous rock (porphyry) found in the Morvan district. It is pink in colour with pale green inclusions and overlain by banks of schist. At the top of the slope, this limestone predominates. Lower down we find white, chalky-textured argovien limestone. Lower still are reddish Bathonien limestones, pebbly and ferruginous. The soils at the foot of the slope are deeper and more gravelly. Altitudes: 230-280 metres.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com