Soo's birthday: Thought this was a Nebbiolo at first from the VA; had an incredibly perfumed and lifted nose. Palate also had high acidity and tannins. But when it was revealed to be a Burgundy, guessed 2002 CSJ because of the dark, sappy and refined fruit. Still very structured, will last for a long while yet. Very much in my wheelhouse.
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Tasted blind over dinner. Medium garnet. Earthy, masculine nose with red fruit, spices. Very earthy and rustic tannins on the palate, also pronounced acidity. Nose 92, Palate 87.
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Minimal cork saturation. Single piece cork No sign of seepage
Astonishing youthfulness in colour, aroma and flavour
N:Cherry, bit of VA, very discreet oak. Promising.
P: significant acidity, but fruit is sweet if somewhat unbalanced by the acidity. Tannins are slightly rustic. Overall, this is good, but far from great, not withstanding the vintage. I have found the 5 or so 1998 Volnays I’ve tasted at about 20 years old to be generally lacking charm. This is no exception despite how youthful it is. I hardly see an upside to a hard, slightly tannic 1998 volnay, especially at current market prices.
Drink or hold to 2029 based on this single bottle. No upside anticipated, based on 2 tasters.
13.5% abv
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(Marquis d'Angerville Volnay Champans) Medium-plus cherry/ruby core, not much fading. The nose is a little closed but shows restrained sweet red cherry and a little floral note. The palate is super-smooth with good fat. The tannins are only there if you look for them and there's a distinctive creamy note to the finish, only one problem, there's also a distinctive cork taint too, hence, the subdued nose I suppose. A better bottle should be rather fine.
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11/3/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 94 Points
Soo's birthday: Thought this was a Nebbiolo at first from the VA; had an incredibly perfumed and lifted nose. Palate also had high acidity and tannins. But when it was revealed to be a Burgundy, guessed 2002 CSJ because of the dark, sappy and refined fruit. Still very structured, will last for a long while yet. Very much in my wheelhouse.
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11/25/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: 89 Points
Tasted blind over dinner. Medium garnet. Earthy, masculine nose with red fruit, spices. Very earthy and rustic tannins on the palate, also pronounced acidity. Nose 92, Palate 87.
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7/17/2019 - Tony Molester wrote:
Minimal cork saturation. Single piece cork
No sign of seepage
Astonishing youthfulness in colour, aroma and flavour
N:Cherry, bit of VA, very discreet oak. Promising.
P: significant acidity, but fruit is sweet if somewhat unbalanced by the acidity. Tannins are slightly rustic. Overall, this is good, but far from great, not withstanding the vintage. I have found the 5 or so 1998 Volnays I’ve tasted at about 20 years old to be generally lacking charm. This is no exception despite how youthful it is. I hardly see an upside to a hard, slightly tannic 1998 volnay, especially at current market prices.
Drink or hold to 2029 based on this single bottle. No upside anticipated, based on 2 tasters.
13.5% abv
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6/15/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 89 Points
During a walkabout tasting, only brief impressions. As so often from this producer, this wine was on the rustic side with drying tannins.
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5/5/2017 - martin-luc wrote:
Bon même si passé date!
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