2005 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs

Community Tasting Notes (19) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  2/11/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Just beautiful now. Based on notes, i popped and poured. Was lovely from the get go, rich ripe dark fruit, perfect balance, great length. Beautiful. Continued to evolve over a couple of hours. Wonderful wine.

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  10/23/2022 - Palisades57 Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Just great on PNP. So fresh with layered red fruit and a complex nose.
  
  Do not decant. I opened it and it was singing out of the gate. Tightened up with air. Overall really good.

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  9/14/2022 - levicn Likes this wine: 93 Points

  醒酒两个半小时，淡宝石红色，闻香有淡淡的皮毛味，一些木质香气，蔓越莓一类的红果，淡淡肉桂的味道，橡木桶充分融合的香料味，还有一股肉鲜。入口酸度很高，单宁紧涩，有些糊嘴，樱桃和蔓越莓的果香，还有漂亮的胭脂香料，酸度线性，口感纯净，余味是悠长胭脂香料味。一支成熟的酒，香气复杂，婉转多变，充满了陈年后的魅力。结构很坚挺，单宁强劲，酒体扎实，Size感觉比同时喝的别的黑皮诺大一号。

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  3/11/2022 - jrh82 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow, this one is in great shape. Should not believe this was 17 years old. Nice color, not significantly lighter than 2018. The only indicator of age is that the yarn fades out at the edges. Beyond that, this could easily have been a 24 or 36 month old wine. On the scent, it is much the same as in 2018, warm fruit, perhaps with the addition of a little pencil sharpener (without the lead) that indicates age. Again, I would say that this is not the most complicated wine, but gives great pleasure to the fruit and the structure it gives. This one collapsed on day 2.

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  2/25/2022 - Alex G. Likes this wine:

  Second best Clos de Ducs at today's tasting, behind only '99 D'Angerville. Notably darker fruit to the red fruit of all the D'Angerville wines. This was sultry, and easy to drink (not something I find myself often saying about '05 reds). I suspect this is about a decade from starting its peak phase, but it's very good today.

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