2019 Bouchard Père et Fils Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  3/17/2024 - jmcmchi Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted two hours, open three more
  
  Moderate acidity, medium tannins..
  
  Fruit relatively restrained cherry with a little earth

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  4/21/2023 - Wine Canuck wrote: 93 Points

  2019 New World / Old World Pinots: [Tasted Single Blind] This pours light ruby in the glass. The nose is extremely fruit forward and aromatic showing a lovely profile of pomegranate, fresh strawberry, sweet red cherry, orange peel, wet earth, and a whisp of sassafras. The palate enters on the bright red sweet fruit, with medium minus tannin and medium acid. The finish lingers impressively coating the mouth on layer upon layers of rich red fruit. Overall this initially came across as extremely pretty, but so focused on the fruit that it almost seemed simple. Over time some complexity began to emerge and the appeal really grew. Quite a nice wine with potential for improvement.

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  11/9/2022 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 91 Points

  90-91. Bright and fruity nose as well as entry on the palate, but then weakens on the mid palate into the finish. Would be nice if this gains some body and complexity on the mid palate in coming years. It’s in nice balance but is a little tannic on the finish. The 2019 volnays are generally drinking well now, and this is true here as well.

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  9/18/2022 - Elpaninaro Likes this wine:

  bright cherry color with a light rim- appropriate for a young Volnay, inviting spicy nose at opening, raspberries, polished minerals, cloves, on the palate punchy and joyous almost like a 2006 but more carefree, ripe impact and yet sleek, berries, nutmeg, cloves, smooth mineral edges, great length with an intense fragrance, floral notes, over the course of an hour a spicy cherry note develops, and then a hint of plum, 12 hours later- a grand bouquet that entices from a couple of feet away, spice, raspberries and plums, on the palate glorious with deep and punchy ripe fruit layered with waves of mineral notes, the nutmeg note now more prominent on the grand array of spices, cloves and stones on the great and dark depth of the palate, a hint of strawberry, all leading into a wonderfully long but also quite firm finish with a persistent fragrance of violets, for any Volnay this is an incredibly generous showing in youth- one is tempted to think this is all there is, but the stern nature of the finish tells the tale that more is to come, as with their 2017 Chambertin Clos de Beze this is a truly world class Burgundy from Bouchard.
  
  **(***), 2029++ I will be curious to see if this shuts down- but either way I think a decade is merited to allow further development

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  7/30/2022 - Puteljen! Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Very nice with lots of fruit and a soft, generous character. See previous note.

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