Domaine Joseph Voillot

This domaine has been producing wine now for five generations, but it is since the present owner, Jean Pierre Charlot, son-in-law of Joseph Voillot, took control that it has moved into the league of serious wine producers. The domaine consists of 10ha of vineyards, with holdings in the top vineyards of both Volnay and Pommard, including some prized sites in several 1er Crus. The grapes are partially destemmed and the wines matured in oak barrels (20-35% new) for 12-18 months.

The colour is dense, black and almost Malbec like in intensity. The nose is forward, intense and appealing with notes of boiled black cherry jam, spice and some new oak. The mouth is ripe, equally intense and impressive in its core of mulled cherry and decadent black forest fruits, smoky sweet spice and savoury Matcha tea. The mouthfeel is lush, rounded and balanced with some slatey minerality and gripping tannins that well up from the glass.

Great with pan fried duck breast with a cherries and port.

Jancis Robinson, 2022, 17 points: "Cask sample. Mid crimson. Delicately perfumed – both floral and red-fruited. Even the scent is intoxicating. Refined tannins, such elegance. A real beauty of fruit and fine structure. Long, pure, totally captivating. Certainly not a blockbuster but perfectly in harmony and balance. Difficult to suggest drink dates. Will it close down? "