2012 Volnay

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Volnay

Burgundy

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2017 - 2021

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Boillot picked a very short crop in 2012 with up to 13.3% natural alcohol and was careful about extraction. He declassified his village Beaune juice into his Bourgogne and his very small quantity of Pommard Saucilles went into his Pommard villages. Boillot bottled his Pommard Rugiens entirely in magnums.

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Boillot talked about colleagues who wait too long to pick and lose the freshness in their wines.He harvested in 2012 beginning on September 17, bringing in pinot with up to 13.3% natural alcohol.Boillot did just four pigeages per cuvee ("I'm too old to punch down a lot"), at the beginning of the fermentation, and little remontage--"just infusion."He expected "monsters of extract" in 2012 but instead got wines he described as delicate and fine.We tasted in the cute little tasting room that Boillot recently constructed in the shade of his front yard.Incidentally, Boillot has always made use of selected yeast strains.He maintains that a lot of other winemakers say they use wild yeasts but really don't.

Importer Details
Vineyard Brands

Imports to: United States

Address: 2 20th Street North Birmingham, Alabama 35203

Phone: 205.980.8802

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