Volnay 2018
- Red
- 75 cl
Volnay 2018 "Les Blanches": This red Volnay from a very qualitative vintage is charming and balanced. To discover without delay, limited quantities.
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dégustation
Volnay 2018
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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
Domaine Mazilly attaches particular attention to the vinification of its Burgundywines. The harvest in manual harvest in boxes of 30 kilos avoids the settlement of the grapes. Only ripe grains are selected by the harvesters, sorting being carried out in the vineyard.
Ideally exposed in the South, South-East, divided into 6 plots for the terroirs of the middle of hillsides the soils are made of brown limestone earth on Oligocene conglomerates.
For the plots of hillsides are predominantly marl and clayey soils, the slope is very marked, the soils are littered with small pebbles, which is obviously very positive for the vine.
Aged in oak barrels, this Volnay is a fruity wine in its youth, with notes of cherries, cherries, and a bouquet of violets.
Its aging allows it to release aromas of undergrowth, vanilla, and sweeter flavors (candied fruits).
Operating temperature: 14 to 16°
mets & vins
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
caractéristiques
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Appellation
Village -
Type of Wine
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Wine Making
Oak casks -
Grape Variety
Pinot Noir -
Harvest
Manual -
Burgundy Region
Côte de Beaune -
Vintage
2018 -
Service
14 to 16 degrees -
Custody potential
2022
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
Wine Estate
Domaine Mazilly
Burgundy is the cradle of the family Mazilly for several generations.
In the early 1950s Pierre Mazilly succeeded his grand-father. His son Frederick and his grandson Aymeric have taken up the torch and continue the family tradition. The family Mazilly itself deals with all the stages of production, the work of the vineyard up to the bottling, to always offer wines of great quality.
The operating rooms are located in Meloisey, a small village of the Hautes-Côtes de Beaune to the wine making tradition for centuries, it is even said that the wine of Meloisey would have been served at the coronation of Philippe Auguste in 1179.
Since 2001, most of the wines are aged and aged in the cellars in Meursault.The vineyards of the area, 18 hectares in total, are mainly located in the Hautes Côtes de Beaune, but also in appellations renowned as Gevrey-Chambertin, Pommard, Volnay or Meursault...
