2018 Volnay Fremiets
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The 2018 Volnay Les Fremiets 1er Cru has a powerful nose with burly red fruit. Quite New World in style, a hefty slab of toasty new oak that unfortunately subjugates the aromatics. After five minutes the VA begins to dominate. The palate is sweet and saccharine on the entry, rather cooked and figgy with a finish that is more Pinotage than Pinot Noir. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting.
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Neal Martin
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Frémiets exhibits lovely aromas of raspberries and cherries mingled with orange rind, spice and raw cocoa. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, lively and fine-boned, from more calcium-rich soils than Les Chevrets and built around bright acids and fine, chalky tannins.
A more deeply pitched nose reveals notes of dark cherry, plum and raspberry along with pretty spice and violet wisps. The supple and quite round medium-bodied flavors possess a bit more volume if less finesse on the impressively persistent and slightly firmer finish where a trace of wood appears.
About the producer
Based in Meursault and farming some of the finest vineyards in the Côte de Beaune, Henri Boillot is a leading address in Burgundy. He crafts fine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but the estate is best known for its flagship monopole vineyard, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clos de la Mouchère.