Domain Joseph Voillot Meursault Les Cras 1983
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Joseph Voillot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Cras (Meursault)
- Millésime
- 1983
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Joseph Voillot
The name ‘Voillot’ refers here to Domaine Joseph Voillot, a family-run estate based in Volnay, in the Côte de Beaune. The estate cultivates 8 hectares spread across Meursault, Volnay, Pommard and Beaune, and produces thirteen appellations; it is currently managed by Étienne Chaix.
- Owner
- Famille Chaix (SCEV Domaine Joseph Voillot)
- Maître de chais
- Étienne Chaix
- Surface (ha)
- 8.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
Domaine Joseph Voillot was established in Volnay around 1840 by a member of the Voillot family. The family has been cultivating the vineyards there for six generations. Joseph Voillot, representing the fourth generation, managed the estate before his retirement. His son-in-law, Jean-Pierre Charlot, began working alongside him in 1982. A trained oenologist and former lecturer in Beaune, Jean-Pierre Charlot took over the running of the estate in 1994 and introduced on-site winemaking for the entire production. Étienne Chaix joined the estate in 2016 to ensure the family’s succession. He became manager of SCEV Domaine Joseph Voillot on 1 September 2019, taking over from Jean-Pierre Charlot. The estate is now managed by Étienne Chaix; he cultivates 8 hectares across the communes of Meursault, Volnay, Pommard and Beaune and has been HVE-certified since 2017.
Les Cras (Meursault)
Les Cras is a climat officially classified as a Meursault Premier Cru, but only a portion of the cadastral lieu-dit of the same name belongs to the Premier Cru area. Located in the northern sector of the Meursault vineyard, near the border of Volnay, it can produce white or red wines. Professional descriptions indicate a steep slope with stony clay-limestone soils in its upper part, more limestone towards the bottom, and more clayey in the Clos Richemont sector. A record relating to two contiguous plots in the upper part of the climat places them at around 238 meters and facing south-east, data which cannot, however, be extended with certainty to the entire boundary.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- Name derived from the Celtic theme "cracos", meaning "stony hill"; in Burgundy, "cras" or "crais" designates stony slopes and scree.
- Slope
- Steep slope, with no verified numerical value
- Soil
- Stony clay-limestone soils at the top, more limestone at the bottom; more clayey sector at Clos Richemont
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.140000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Vines planted in 1963 and 1980 according to the estate's official technical sheet.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Cras was among the first-class terroirs in the classification of the Meursault vineyard established by the Beaune arrondissement Agriculture Committee in 1860-1861. In 1943, the State recognized the Meursault climats authorized to bear the "Premier Cru" mention; Les Cras appears today in the regulatory list, for only part of the lieu-dit and for both colors.
