2011 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Bousse d'Or

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  12/27/2023 - Eudemis Likes this wine:

  13% alcohol. Very long cork of excellent quality. The colour is translucent and slightly faded.
  Lovely nose combining vivid red fruit and decayed leaves; some pleasant raisiny aspect adds complexity. Lively in the mouth with great balance in a high pitched mode; very good length and surprisingly good grip.
  Stylish and elegant; capable of much longer ageing, which should bring further refinement.
  Very satisfactory, especially in view of the unpromising vintage.

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  2/4/2023 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Pop and pour. Tannins still a bit fierce although the excellent balance of savory fruit and wet earth stand up to them. Delicious treat from the golden dung vineyard.

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  12/31/2020 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Color is vibrant. Slight tannin in the nose that is not as present in the taste, other than a slightly mild chalkiness/dust. Fruit is predominantly nicely ripe strawberry with a little leather. Nice finish but maybe slightly short.

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  8/22/2020 - jlm wrote:

  Opened and slow-oxed for ~4 hours before drinking. The nose is effusive, with the black raspberry that other notes have mentioned, though I also get a touch of a green streak, which may be the vintage or could be some unintegrated oak, I'm not certain. The palate is medium light with a silky texture on the front but some slightly raw tasting acidity showing up on the back end, along with a gentle frame of tannins. This has potential to improve, and while it's drinking well enough at the moment, I think it could stand some additional cellaring for the components to integrate. Update on 1/3 of the bottle recorked and left in the fridge overnight: this holds up very well and seems more integrated, with the acidity poking out less, and the herbal note on the nose less evident. I could you have been more generous the first night.

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  7/30/2020 - finediningnyc Likes this wine: 93 Points

  At first opened and tasted without decant, but determined it was needed. After 1 hour decant the wine became expressive and elegant showing black raspberries, red currants, topsoil, lots of minerals, well integrated acidity and a 2011 grip. No detection of green and vegetal characteristics as can often be found with the vintage. Finishes with good length and balance. Volnay did very well in 2011.

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