Exploring Volnay: overripe cherry, dried red fruit, raisin, plum, dry, earthy note, dried black fruit, nice acidic backbone, appears to be just over the hill, drank too late? Light to medium body, average aftertaste.
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This wine has come into its own. Really lovely spices, soft middle palate and nice tannin dryness. My previous scores indicate that I had not been patient enough
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This is the best Volnay I’ve had in years as it’s in a magical spot right now. Nose is mature but not at all senile. Flavors are nicely complex and married. Finish is long. I could drink this all night long. Didn’t detect the slightly hint of sourness as noted by another taster. Tasted at the Flagstaff Restaurant in Boulder, CO.
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Very good wine. On opening a little austere but opened to produce good fruit and well balanced. Colour was getting towards end of optimum but perfect for now. Nose was still dark fruit and taste full and long
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The wine is OK. Perhaps a bit delicate. It certainly had its cycle. After breathing it had a pleasant bouquet. Not decanted and opened for a couple of hours it was at its height. After that it seemed to a bit of its depth.
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Opened for 1 hour , served in Riedel Vinum Burgundy stems at 63 F. Very closed at first took an additional hour to open up. Clear garnet color of medium plus intensity, Medium bodied with Medium plus acid. Nose of black currant, cherries, mushrooms, and salty air. Palate was much of same as the nose.. This wine was strongly intense flavored with medium plus tannins. Outstanding
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Nose of sexy, musky dark flowers loaded with minerality and vibrant fruit. Sappy and broad on the palate, finishing a bit dry with some oak tannins showing. There are suggestions of a tight core that might unwind with cellar time, yet this is a rewarding, classy drink now.
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Palate Wine Merchants 2008 Burgundy Tasting Series - Part One (Palate, Glendale, CA): Complex nose giving notes of maple syrup, pepper, charred fat and earth. Tight spiced palate that lingers for quite some time. Very structured and even with maybe a tiny hint of brett. This clearly needs time to open but is terrific. This will reward cellar time. We were told this is a Monopole.
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I wa storn between buying tis and te Leroux Nuits St George Aux Thorey 1er Cru. I eventually went for the Nuits due to it giving me a bit more variety in my cellar, but this is a tough one to leave behind.
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2/13/2023 - MichelPlatini Likes this wine: 92 Points
Mature and well integrated. Wonderful cherry prune with a nice finish. Very sorry this is my last bottle.
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11/5/2021 - Mark van Delft Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Sour off balance Volnay: sour cherry, soft raisin, prune, leather, dusty, light body, dry mediocre finish.
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5/20/2021 - Mark van Delft wrote: 89 Points
Exploring Volnay: overripe cherry, dried red fruit, raisin, plum, dry, earthy note, dried black fruit, nice acidic backbone, appears to be just over the hill, drank too late? Light to medium body, average aftertaste.
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3/1/2020 - cerobo Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine has come into its own. Really lovely spices, soft middle palate and nice tannin dryness. My previous scores indicate that I had not been patient enough
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11/19/2019 - SeattleKen Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is the best Volnay I’ve had in years as it’s in a magical spot right now. Nose is mature but not at all senile. Flavors are nicely complex and married. Finish is long. I could drink this all night long. Didn’t detect the slightly hint of sourness as noted by another taster. Tasted at the Flagstaff Restaurant in Boulder, CO.
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2/4/2019 - Charogers Likes this wine: 90 Points
I like this v much but I suspect it’s past prime. There was a sour note which I couldn’t remember from previous bottles. Lesson in not waiting
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1/24/2018 - Eric Anderson wrote: 90 Points
Still very young, but entirely smooth and delicious.
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11/10/2016 - Rogershkg wrote: 91 Points
Very good wine. On opening a little austere but opened to produce good fruit and well balanced. Colour was getting towards end of optimum but perfect for now. Nose was still dark fruit and taste full and long
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10/21/2016 - Charogers Likes this wine: 91 Points
Really enjoy this. It needs maybe an hour or so to release itself from a tight, almost sour sleep but then this is great, fairly easy drinking
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5/15/2016 - Rogershkg wrote: 90 Points
The wine is OK. Perhaps a bit delicate. It certainly had its cycle. After breathing it had a pleasant bouquet. Not decanted and opened for a couple of hours it was at its height. After that it seemed to a bit of its depth.
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12/5/2015 - Charogers Likes this wine: 93 Points
Really good. A touch young but it has grip as a result.
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11/29/2015 - Charogers Likes this wine: 93 Points
Intriguing. Dark cherry, cedar. A smoked saltiness which verges on being a bit bitter. Good length, good acid, good fruit.
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10/17/2015 - Rogershkg Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good bouquet, good balance, reasonable length but good wine
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2/1/2015 - profiler54 wrote: 93 Points
Opened for 1 hour , served in Riedel Vinum Burgundy stems at 63 F. Very closed at first took an additional hour to open up. Clear garnet color of medium plus intensity, Medium bodied with Medium plus acid. Nose of black currant, cherries, mushrooms, and salty air. Palate was much of same as the nose.. This wine was strongly intense flavored with medium plus tannins. Outstanding
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3/15/2014 - DougLee wrote: 88 Points
Richly oaked on the nose and palate but the brambly dark fruit certainly shines through nonetheless. Will be interesting to follow over the years.
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1/14/2011 - jwwinec wrote:
Nose of sexy, musky dark flowers loaded with minerality and vibrant fruit. Sappy and broad on the palate, finishing a bit dry with some oak tannins showing. There are suggestions of a tight core that might unwind with cellar time, yet this is a rewarding, classy drink now.
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10/30/2010 - WetRock wrote:
Palate Wine Merchants 2008 Burgundy Tasting Series - Part One (Palate, Glendale, CA): Complex nose giving notes of maple syrup, pepper, charred fat and earth. Tight spiced palate that lingers for quite some time. Very structured and even with maybe a tiny hint of brett. This clearly needs time to open but is terrific. This will reward cellar time. We were told this is a Monopole.
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1/13/2010 - rjag wrote:
BBR 2008 Burgundy tasting: Very, very good. Soft, beguilling, delicious.
I wa storn between buying tis and te Leroux Nuits St George Aux Thorey 1er Cru. I eventually went for the Nuits due to it giving me a bit more variety in my cellar, but this is a tough one to leave behind.
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