La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Walk around tasting. Big and fleshy for Volnay, less classic than typical. Also firm in the middle, this wine needs more time to fully harmonize, so I found it the most difficult to fairly assess today, 88-91 points based on how well it harmonizes.
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Classic Volnay, soft tannins, ripe fruit from 60yr old vines. Lovely drinking now improving with a few hours of air. Looking forward to aging them. More fruit forward than 2017 version maybe showing the heat of the vintage.
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Burgundy, Day 4 (Beaune, France): This was one of the original Louis Boillot plots. This is the first time this wine has had some whole cluster (15%). A relatively softer Volnay, this is one in the lineup that is for earlier drinking. Juicy, elegant, and light, this is indeed accessible already. The fruit profile here swings towards the black side of the spectrum.
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3/12/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote:
La Paulée de New York Grand Tasting (Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers - New York NY): Walk around tasting. Big and fleshy for Volnay, less classic than typical. Also firm in the middle, this wine needs more time to fully harmonize, so I found it the most difficult to fairly assess today, 88-91 points based on how well it harmonizes.
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6/9/2021 - Tony J Likes this wine: 92 Points
Classic Volnay, soft tannins, ripe fruit from 60yr old vines. Lovely drinking now improving with a few hours of air. Looking forward to aging them. More fruit forward than 2017 version maybe showing the heat of the vintage.
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2/14/2020 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Burgundy, Day 4 (Beaune, France): This was one of the original Louis Boillot plots. This is the first time this wine has had some whole cluster (15%). A relatively softer Volnay, this is one in the lineup that is for earlier drinking. Juicy, elegant, and light, this is indeed accessible already. The fruit profile here swings towards the black side of the spectrum.
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