2009 Volnay, Frémiets, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

2009 Volnay, Frémiets, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

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2009 Volnay, Frémiets, 1er Cru, Comte Armand, Burgundy

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Description

The Premier Cru Volnay is always the first wine to be picked and the 2009 from Domaine du Comte Armand has ripe cherries and raspberries on the nose, accompanying a wealth of soft and graceful fruit throughout.

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Burghound90-93/100
Cool and very fresh aromas of red berry, stone and floral hints give way to vibrant, intense, detailed and mildly austere middle weight flavors that are shaped by phenolically ripe and quite fine tannins. The length is impressive and this is a classic Frémiets of finesse and minerality.
Alan Meadows - Burghound - 06-May-2011 Read more
Antonio Galloni, Vinous89-91
The 2009 Volnay Fremiets is delicate and graceful in its fragrant fruit. This approachable, open Volnay comes across as transparent, weightless and totally seductive. Leroux used 20% whole clusters in the final blend, in his customary manner, which in this case was 100% whole clusters on a small part of the oldest vines.
Antonio Galloni - May-2011 Read more
Wine Advocate89-91/100
The 2009 Volnay Fremiets is delicate and graceful in its fragrant fruit. This approachable, open Volnay comes across as transparent, weightless and totally seductive. Leroux used 20% whole clusters in the final blend, in his customary manner, which in this case was 100% whole clusters on a small part of the oldest vines. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024.
Antonio Galloni - 02/05/2011 Read more
Jancis Robinson MW17/20
Perfumed and heady. Very loose and juicy – in a good way. Hint of coffee but not too much. Very easy and fun. Almost GV. Easy to read.
(Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com - Jan 2011) Read more

About this WINE

Domaine Comte Armand

Domaine Comte Armand

Owned by the family of the Comte Armand since 1825, Clos des Epeneaux is among Pommard’s most revered vineyards. Post-phylloxera, it wasn’t replanted until 1930. Further vineyards were acquired in ’94: Auxey-Duresses, Auxey-Duresses Premier Cru, Volnay and Volnay’s Frémiets.

The modern era effectively began with Pascal Marchand, who was succeeded as winemaker by Benjamin Leroux. When Ben left in 2014 to focus on his own business, Paul Zinetti took the reins.

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Volnay

Volnay

The finest and most elegant red wines of the Côte de Beaune are grown in Volnay, a village which might be twinned with Chambolle- Musigny in the Côte de Nuits, for the high active chalk content in the soil and comparatively low clay content.

Whereas in earlier times Volnay was made in a particularly light, early drinking style, these days there are many producers making wines which age extremely well. The best vineyards run either side of the RN73 trunk road.
  • 98 hectares of village Volnay
  • 115 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (35 in all). The finest include Les Taillepieds, Clos des Chênes, Champans, Caillerets (including Clos des 60 Ouvrées) and Santenots in Meursault.
  • Recommended producers:  LafargeLafonde Montille

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Pinot Noir

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.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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