Tonight this needed several hours to blow off the initial brettiness, then this was abit on the rustic side with delightful, sweet red fruit, earthy undertones, some tar and some rather firm, grippy tannins on the finish. Quite nice.
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2003 Rolet Monnot Volnay: Tonight both the Taillepieds and the Santenots needed every bit of 3 hours of double decanting to open. The Santenots was showing abit softer and rounder than the Taillepieds with red and dark fruit, earth and much more integrated tannins on the finish.
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The nose shows a little oak and the ripeness of the vintage, but with lovely lift to the fruit and spice scents. In the mouth, also clearly an '03 but the ripeness is less apparent, there is nothing roasted about the flavors or texture, and the balance is quite good even if the finish is slightly muted at present. To revisit in another two years or so.
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11/16/2013 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wonderful tonight. Bright, fresh, fairly forward red fruit , earth and sous bois in a med bodied format. Quite excellent.
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9/22/2013 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 90 Points
Tonight this needed several hours to blow off the initial brettiness, then this was abit on the rustic side with delightful, sweet red fruit, earthy undertones, some tar and some rather firm, grippy tannins on the finish. Quite nice.
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8/10/2013 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 90 Points
2003 Rolet Monnot Volnay: Tonight both the Taillepieds and the Santenots needed every bit of 3 hours of double decanting to open. The Santenots was showing abit softer and rounder than the Taillepieds with red and dark fruit, earth and much more integrated tannins on the finish.
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3/23/2011 - darvid wrote:
The nose shows a little oak and the ripeness of the vintage, but with lovely lift to the fruit and spice scents. In the mouth, also clearly an '03 but the ripeness is less apparent, there is nothing roasted about the flavors or texture, and the balance is quite good even if the finish is slightly muted at present. To revisit in another two years or so.
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