Dinner at MingHin (Chicago, IL): At this point, I think this has seen some better years. It's still a good bottle, and shows surprisingly dense and tight for the vintage (and I got to this wine much closer to the end of the evening), but a lot of the fresher flavours are on the downswing. Some black fruit if you're looking for it, and none of those nasty rotty flavours that sometimes poke out in 1997.
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Drinking perfectly right now. Typical aged pinot noir notes. Roses, pot-pourri. Cherry, smoky and earthy notes. Finish is a little short but what a pleasure it is to drink this wine with such elegance. I don't think this needs to age more.
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As good as the previous bottle. Red fruit, very mineral with light earthy notes. Fruit is generous and round but not stewed and shows good acidity considering the vintage. A great bottle.
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Really a pure and lovely nose. Floral with rose notes mixed with elegant dark and red fruits. Light earthy, mushroomy notes. A whiff of menthol. Given the vintage, surprising high acidity on the palate. Very elegant and feminine Volnay, showing maybe a little more red berries on the palate. Overall a very nice Volnay.
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8/1/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Dinner at MingHin (Chicago, IL): At this point, I think this has seen some better years. It's still a good bottle, and shows surprisingly dense and tight for the vintage (and I got to this wine much closer to the end of the evening), but a lot of the fresher flavours are on the downswing. Some black fruit if you're looking for it, and none of those nasty rotty flavours that sometimes poke out in 1997.
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11/17/2013 - french16 wrote:
Drinking perfectly right now. Typical aged pinot noir notes. Roses, pot-pourri. Cherry, smoky and earthy notes. Finish is a little short but what a pleasure it is to drink this wine with such elegance.
I don't think this needs to age more.
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3/17/2013 - french16 wrote:
As good as the previous bottle. Red fruit, very mineral with light earthy notes. Fruit is generous and round but not stewed and shows good acidity considering the vintage.
A great bottle.
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1/14/2013 - french16 Likes this wine:
Really a pure and lovely nose. Floral with rose notes mixed with elegant dark and red fruits. Light earthy, mushroomy notes. A whiff of menthol. Given the vintage, surprising high acidity on the palate. Very elegant and feminine Volnay, showing maybe a little more red berries on the palate.
Overall a very nice Volnay.
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