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2019 Volnay, Taillepieds, 1er Cru, Domaine François Buffet, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Jasper Morris MW
92-95/100
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Product: 20198032834
2019 Volnay, Taillepieds, 1er Cru, Domaine François Buffet, Burgundy

Description

As ever, there was a high proportion of millerandage among the 60-year-old vines in this relatively cool vineyard. The result is a concentrated, powerful wine with a heady bouquet; there’s impressive weight of ripe fruit, and extremely fine tannins. Drink 2024-2030. 
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Alcohol % 13
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Property Domaine François Buffet

Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW 92-95/100
Grown at the northern end of the vineyard, some whole bunches included. Pale pink purple, then a very elegant nose, lovely cherries with a slight raspberry overlay, perfumed and gracious. Really gorgeous and beautifully balanced. The soil analysis says there is the least limestone of the Buffet vineyards here, the taste says otherwise.Jasper Morris MW, insideburgundy.com (December 2020)
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Dec 2020)

About this wine

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 climats of the Côte d`Or.

Domaine Francois Buffet

Domaine François Buffet is a Burgundy family-run domaine, which dates back to 1692, and is currently managed by Marc-Olivier, son of François, though still with help from his parents. The family had a very successful negociant business, under the name Ferdinand Buffet, until the 1930s when fortunes were lost in the great crash. Even so, there is an impressive range of Volnay (Taillepieds, Clos des Chenes, Champans, Carelles, Clos de la Rougeotte) and Pommard (Rugiens, Clos Micot, Poutures) vineyards. Marc-Olivier uses some whole bunches when he feels the vineyard is suitable, though not for young vines. The wines are matured in barrel over 22 months, with one racking in the summer.

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