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JACQUES PRIEUR VOLNAY CHAMPANS 1ER CRU 2011
Country: France, Bourgogne, Cote De Beaune
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir
Grape Varieties: Pinot Noir
Terroir: The wines of Volnay are famous for their great finesse. The name of the climat "Les Champans" is derived the fact that this plot is fairly steep - which means good sun exposure and thus good ripening.
The soil has more clay than limestone and produces firm wines with silky tannin.
Vinification & Ageing: The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 20 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation.
100% malolactic fermentation
Entirely aged in oak barrels
Duration of barrel ageing: 21 months
Tasting Notes
Colour: Very beautiful dark ruby-red colour.
Nose: Elegant and well-defined with hints of black cherry, dark chocolate, and spice. Shows floral overtones (violet/peony) with aeration.
Palate: Delicious, with toasty and fruity flavours. Beautiful texture on the middle palate. Very fresh, concentrated, and digestible tannin on the aftertaste.
Tasted in June 2013
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The soil has more clay than limestone and produces firm wines with silky tannin.
Vinification & Ageing: The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 20 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation.
100% malolactic fermentation
Entirely aged in oak barrels
Duration of barrel ageing: 21 months
Tasting Notes
Colour: Very beautiful dark ruby-red colour.
Nose: Elegant and well-defined with hints of black cherry, dark chocolate, and spice. Shows floral overtones (violet/peony) with aeration.
Palate: Delicious, with toasty and fruity flavours. Beautiful texture on the middle palate. Very fresh, concentrated, and digestible tannin on the aftertaste.
Tasted in June 2013
Click here for Data Sheet
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Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy`s Côte d`Or.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climates of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climates of the Côte d`Or.
Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.
The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.
