2011 Maison Ilan Volnay 1er Cru Les Robardelles

Community Tasting Notes (40) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  11/11/2023 - SimonG wrote: 91 Points

  As with my first bottle of this three years ago, the reductive element gives it a wonderfully evocative nose of bacon fat, the frazzle effect becoming more refined with air. Dark and brooding, this is a long way from what one thinks of as Volnay, but it’s very drinkable nonetheless. A touch too much fine sediment to have made a mid bottle Fourrier-shake a good idea, so one to enjoy for its bacon persona in the future I think. Bare ****

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  12/29/2021 - Charlie Carnes wrote:

  These 2 bottles were never received!... and never will...

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  12/28/2021 - eags25fla wrote: 88 Points

  Almost unpleasant right out of the bottle but develops to give off a bit of burgundy funk, violets, cherries, and strawberries with savory notes of earth, tea, and wet leaves. There's a tightness and astringency to the fruit that never completely comes together on the med finish.

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  11/25/2021 - DougLee wrote:

  not bad! Good with Thanksgiving turkey.

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  10/11/2021 - jrobs7777 wrote:

  Very floral enjoyable nose. Palate simple and already a good amount of bricking. Like others, I'm not sure where this goes from here. It may just sit in this same spot for a decent number of years. But the drinking window is open.

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