1997 Nicolas Potel Volnay
Pinot Noir
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By Allen Meadows
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By Bill Nanson
(Potel Nicolas Volnay) Quite deeply coloured ruby-red and starting to gain a shade of amber at the rim. Wide, slightly ethereal aromatics with a submerged but dense core of darker fruit - very interesting. The full palate shows plenty of fine background tannin that's edged with a little bitterness. There's just enough acidity and the flavour lingers very well, hinting to cream - there was a slightly green cedary phase but then it was gone. A very fine 97 and a better drink than the d'Angerville 99 from yesterday.
7/1/2008, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1997
- TypeRed
- ProducerNicolas Potel
- VarietyPinot Noir
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationVolnay
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2/11/2022 - Fine wine Lad Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wine drunk straight from the bottle.
The wine is clear and medium red/garnet in colour
There is a little sediment in the bottle.
On the nose: Candied apple, raspberry. leather, tobacco + damp leaves to finish.
On the palate: Leather, tobacco, some tart apple and some strawberry notes.
The body is light/medium.
The wine has a fresh, slightly angular texture.
The wine finishes medium.
The wine has medium acidity.
The wine has a medium level of tannins.
Conclusion
Fully resolved and balanced.
On the palate not much fruit but lovely savoury notes, very smooth. Overall a lovely example and surpassing my expectations for what is a village wine 25years old.
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5/17/2015 - sawira wrote: 84 Points
Fading. Turning to brown sugar and black tea. Opened for an hour, then declining. Good, nothing more, though there were glimmers of its former self, with nice black cherries, lots of complex sous bois and earth, and decent balancing acidity and length.
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11/27/2014 - sawira wrote: 84 Points
Bright, acidic, earthy and closed at first. Obviously a Burgundy, especially compared side by side with new world pinots. Softens over the next hour to show basic, tasty, balanced and well made red fruits and earth, with a hint of complexity. Good, not superb - this just lacks definition and some sort of statement of character, this is a little too generic and ho hum, though the acidity was welcome during the meal. A nice rendition of a basic village wine from a mediocre vintage - not more.
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