1997 Camille Giroud Volnay 1er Cru Les Carelles

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  9/1/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 89 Points

  Very old-fashioned, does not belie its long (30 - 36 months) élévage in older barrels, but by now some fruity, floral charm has emerged too; it is well-balanced, with good intensity and freshness, well-built, this is sturdy stuff (particularly in the context of 1997); nice length, cold tea, leaves the palate dry but perfumed. This has taken its time but it has turned out well, it is a good wine and I really like its very individual finesse. Now - 2017.

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  11/6/2010 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 87 Points

  Very old-fashioned, powerful for a 1997 Volnay, some red berry fruit but rather dominated by the long élevage in old barrels and the slightly unripe tannins of grapes harvested rather early; good length, estery cherries. Hardly suave and charming but certainly long-lived and with a certain individual finesse.

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  3/23/2009 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 87 Points

  Very closed, minerals, herbs and a hint of rosehip; dry, tough tannins, seems hollow; okay length. Devoid of any charm. What is the point of this?

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