1986 Maison Leroy Volnay 1er Cru Santenots

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  4/8/2023 - Rabun Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Utterly shocking in the best way. Her wines simply age better than any other producer besides DRC. 1986 was not a great vintage, yet this wine was absolutely perfect regarding balance, nose, and tannic resolve. Wine is secondary but showing no signs of fatigue!! Everyone went silent when the wine was tasted. No one could believe this Volnay was 37 years old. Reference standard Volnay Santenots. Amazing experience!! :)

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  5/31/2019 - wineappreciation wrote: 93 Points

  Cherry, strawberry, raspberry, remarkably little sous bois for the age; elegant, elongated, tart
  After 1 Hour: Nose and palate more integrated and mature; notes of sous bois are now more dominant; palate is pure, elegant, mouth-coating, and refined; lovely

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  10/27/2015 - cooberp Likes this wine: 92 Points

  My first Leroy. You can really taste the class. Wonderful old-wine texture, lightweight and viscous, filling out with air. Translucent and bricking. Complex, mature nose of cranberry fruit, soy sauce, earth, orange peel, truffle on the nose. Brisk acid, long finish, even a touch of tannin. Finessed, fresh, and distinctive.

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  9/1/2009 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points

  Winekakis' Dinner at Asia Grand (Asia Grand, Odeon Towers): The bottle was in pristine condition, and I really enjoyed its contents. This had the benefit of having more age than the 1996 in the same flight, hence it was drinking better - very nicely I would say. Although I do think that the 1996 has that bit more quality and will eventually surpass this. Lovely nose, chock full of Indian spices and incense - sandalwood, cardammon, clove, anise - along with bright red fruit laced with forest fern and flowers and a wet furry undergrowth tone. Very heady mix of high and low tones. I really liked it. Palate had lots of weight and power. Tons of red fruit tumbled out of the glass - haw flakes, cherries - held up by prickly acidity. Nice plush, silky mouthfeel as well. Finish was not the longest, but it faded gorgeously in the mouth with lingers of red fruit and Indian spice. The wine started falling off after half and hour or so unfortunately - with acidity starting to really stand out at the sides of the mouth and the finish plunging away rather suprisingly. It was really good while it lasted though.

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  2/2/2009 - MC wrote:

  At this age there is bottle variation, but this one was great. Still tannin, but plenty of fruit, earth and after about 30 minutes it was really well balanced. Great with food. A-

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