Domain Joseph Voillot Volnay Fremiets 1983
The 1983 Domaine Joseph Voillot Volnay 1er Cru Fremiets is a 100% Pinot Noir red Burgundy wine produced from the Fremiets parcel within the Volnay appellation. Classified as a Premier Cru of Burgundy, this vintage was awarded 15.5/20 by Jancis Robinson, with a suggested drinking window from 1990 to 2002. Critics describe a fairly pale color and a firm finish, judging the wine at the time to be in decline.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Volnay
- Producteur / Domaine
- Joseph Voillot
- Parcelle / Cru
- Fremiets
- Millésime
- 1983
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
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.
Fremiets
Frémiets is a climat officially classified as a Premier Cru of the Volnay appellation, located north of the village, near the border of Pommard. It extends below the climats Clos des Ducs and Pitures, rising from the lower sector Les Angles up to the chemin des Pitures, mid-slope. Its upper section features very thin soil due to erosion, composed of clay, limestone, and decomposing marly rocks. The cadastral climat falls under section AD of Volnay and must not be confused with the distinct denomination "Frémiets - Clos de la Rougeotte".
- Vineyard commune
- Volnay
- Slope
- Quite pronounced, with a flat area in the lower part
- Soil
- Very shallow clay-limestone soil in the upper part, heavily eroded
- Subsoil and geology
- Decomposing marly rocks and marly-limestone substrate
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.610000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Vines planted in 1932, 1950, and 1978.
Histoire de la parcelle
Frémiets appears in the regulatory demarcation of Volnay climats authorized to bear the Premier Cru mention. The Volnay appellation was recognized in 1937, and the boundaries of its specific Premier Cru area were notably approved by the INAO in 1984 and again in 2005. The UNESCO dossier for the Climats du vignoble de Bourgogne links Frémiets to cadastral section AD and documents its parcels on the 1957 cadastre.
