1989 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  7/12/2021 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Sensational. Fully integrated and pleasurable yet still a ton of life left in this bottle. Blue, black and red fruits, spices, some heft. Soft tannins and good acidity. What a treat.

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  3/10/2019 - JOsgood wrote:

  A gorgeous bottle. Fully secondary and entirely beautiful. Has that eucalyptus thing going on which I always love.

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  9/21/2013 - acyso wrote: 93 Points

  Perhaps a tad to the austere side, slightly stemmy and peppery nose. Some slight signs of fruit still showing through. Reaching the right age now, lovely balance of fruit and secondary characteristics.

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  6/25/2011 - ricknat1 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  June 25 (home): Big, youthful, perfectly balanced , powerful yet smooth. This was very bright and fruit forward for a 20 year old wine, but I am beginning to think this is the right age for great Volnays. This wine still has a long way to go with no end in sight.
  
  Probably worth a better score but next to the 78 vogue and 83 marguax it was in tough company.

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  10/31/2010 - dgerst wrote: 91 Points

  This was decanted for 1 hour. Initially very prominent nose of bing cherry and spices, earthy with some forest floor. The palate was soft, bright red fruits, resolved tannins but still a nice acidic bite. The finish was a little short and as the night went on this faded quickly. I probably should have just popped and poured this one. Drink now.

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