Burghound

• By Allen Meadows
  2nd Quarter, 2007, Issue #26, (See more on Burghound...)

  (Maison Camille Giroud Volnay Taillepieds 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.

• By Stephen Tanzer
  March/April 2007, IWC Issue #131, (See more on Vinous...)

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Burgundy-Report

• By Bill Nanson
  4/1/2009, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

  (Giroud Camille Volnay Taillepieds) The colour is only a little more intense. The nose, however, is much more open - at least at the top-end with red fruit liqueur - below is a begrudging concentration of tight red notes, but there are occasional flashes of brilliantly pure red cherry. In the mouth this is plush, rather than plump - the still understated yet better balancing acidity seems to make the difference - much finer tannin than the 2006 and super intensity with several dimensions in the mid-palate. This shows a similar length to the 2006 but the oak has faded and you have a largely fruit-driven impression. If the 2006 is a fine 1er, then this vintage is by comparison a grand cru - what a shame that when I bought the last bottles at the domaine, there were only 3… - A superb Volnay.