On my recent trip to the Motherland I was lucky to be at the Elegance de Volnay dinner and got to try to Noel Ramonet side of the Estate that will now be made separately from Jean-Claude Ramonet.
For those who did not know (or pay attention) Domaine Ramonet became SCEA Jean-Claude Ramonet back in 2015 (I believe) and the two brothers now have the next generation working.
Jean-Claude’s daughters, Clarisse and Anne-France are at the historical winery while Noel’s oldest son Michael (he also has an older sister, Angelique and younger brother Pierre-Francois) is making the wines from his father’s side of the vineyards (which were split). It is important to also know that a lot of the Ramonet cuvees are coming from investor’s like Ficofi who are “leasing” the vineyards to producers such as Ramonet, PYCM, PVG and many others and are paid in finished wine.
Production in 2025 was limited to 1600 bottles (I am also not 100% sure).
Stylistically they are clearly not trying to reinvent the wheel, going for a similar style, freshness, reduction and most likely potential for aging.
Do these lessors sell the wines in a way one can see the imprint of the producers and are their prices any lower (I am remembering when I could get Bonnefond Ruchottes Chambertin cheaper than that of Roumier when they were supposed to be the same wine (made by Roumier))?
I think the bottles have the same label, unlike the case of roumier. Btw the roumier Ruchottes is under Christophe’s label, not domaine Georges roumier.
Resurfacing this thread to see if anyone knows any specifics about the Noel Ramonet wines and their experiments with DIAM. I’ve heard some rumors from folks that have tasted there recently that they may be switching to DIAM. Just saw this on Instagram. It looks like they may be bottling some of the 1er Crus and village wines under DIAM and sticking to cork on the Grand Crus. Step in the right direction- let’s hope
they go full DIAM for 2024
