Volnay 1er Cru En Chevret, Sarah Marsh 2018
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Why this wine
Sarah Marsh MW buys from growers who rarely sell their fruit, so this is single-parcel Volnay made with a taster's precision. En Chevret in a ripe, generous 2018 gives the charm of the appellation without weight, and an élevage with no new oak leaves the site to speak for itself.
At a glance
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Burgundy, France
- Alcohol
- 14.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Long (10-20 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Poultry & Pork, Cheese
How it tastes
Red cherry and raspberry with a floral lift, then a smooth palate of plump, perfumed fruit. Medium-bodied, with cool acidity and fine tannins carrying a long, stylish finish. Pinot Noir 100%.
The producer
Sarah Marsh MW spent fifteen vintages tasting across Burgundy before starting an independent terroir-driven project, vinifying fruit from a single lieu-dit or a distinct part of a vineyard that can stand alone — an unusual arrangement, since the domaines involved do not normally sell that fruit. En Chevret lies beneath the slope of Les Caillerets at 200 to 250 metres on reddish clay over Oxfordian and Argovian limestone, and this cuvée comes from a massale selection of 30 to 40-year-old vines in the deeper-soiled lower part of Nicolas Rossignol's parcel, hand-harvested and fully de-stemmed. Fermentation ran in tank, the cap moistened with juice from the low tap before gentle pigeage and remontage, followed by two winters in French oak with none of it new. 2018 was the hottest vintage since 2003, near drought through July and August, and the ripe fruit kept its freshness on the palate even as acidity read low in analysis.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16-18°C. Roast duck, coq au vin, guinea fowl with mushrooms, or a wedge of aged Comté. Drinking well now and over the next five years; an hour in a decanter helps but is not essential. Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.