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Sunday, September 18, 2022 - bright cherry color with a light rim- appropriate for a young Volnay, inviting spicy nose at opening, raspberries, polished minerals, cloves, on the palate punchy and joyous almost like a 2006 but more carefree, ripe impact and yet sleek, berries, nutmeg, cloves, smooth mineral edges, great length with an intense fragrance, floral notes, over the course of an hour a spicy cherry note develops, and then a hint of plum, 12 hours later- a grand bouquet that entices from a couple of feet away, spice, raspberries and plums, on the palate glorious with deep and punchy ripe fruit layered with waves of mineral notes, the nutmeg note now more prominent on the grand array of spices, cloves and stones on the great and dark depth of the palate, a hint of strawberry, all leading into a wonderfully long but also quite firm finish with a persistent fragrance of violets, for any Volnay this is an incredibly generous showing in youth- one is tempted to think this is all there is, but the stern nature of the finish tells the tale that more is to come, as with their 2017 Chambertin Clos de Beze this is a truly world class Burgundy from Bouchard.

**(***), 2029++ I will be curious to see if this shuts down- but either way I think a decade is merited to allow further development

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