1999 Jean Boillot & Fils Volnay 1er Cru Les Chevrets

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  8/3/2021 - yodamark Likes this wine: 96 Points

  This bottle of Boillot Volnay Chevrets was a stunner. Some varied previous reviews but i can tell you this bottle from my cellar was still very dark, rich, a little raw and with years to go. But it was laden both on the nose and palate with dark berries, plums and a oriental perfumed spicy lift with a lovely wad of balanced acid and tannin encircling the massive core of fruit to give it a long life ahead. Still a deep crimson. A bit new world in style if anything. And no shrinking violet
  This was consumed at another La Luna Boys dinner with Grandpa Greg, Jezza, Brodie, Timmy L, Fatsie and Kim jong il and Yodamark - yours truly. Cliffy away but Timmy Bird and Lady Frenulum showing very high levels of weakness and being under the thumb
  As grandpa Greg and I are in a pinot war, when we starting drinking this wine I knew i would blow him out of the water against the 2011 Yarra Yering Pinot he bought along. I had a quiet snigger to myself. i thought finally a win for Yodamark on best pinot on the night. Hmmmm. Well its now 0-3 in this pinot war for Yodamark. The YY PN was amazing and from a lesser vintage. ( 97 pts). A completely different animal of course but sublime. if you looked at both the wines in the glass and smelt them and asked to pick which one was Burgundy and which one was Australian, you would have got it wrong. ( Yodamark would have got it right of course)
  
  Heres the rest of the list so proteges, junior palates, avid followers and disciples can read my reviews on the wine frivolities and gastric beauties consumed last night.
  
  2011 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir 97
  1996 Orlando Steingarten Riesling - 93
  2009 Grosset Polish Hill - 95
  1990 Wantirna estate Cabernet blend - 98
  2004 Domaine A Cabernet - 96
  2001 Rockford SVS pressings - 97
  2003 Lafaurie Peyreguey Sauternes - 94
  2009 Farr Rising CHardonnay - unsure on this wine on the night so not scoring it

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  3/14/2021 - Ycbenari Likes this wine: 90 Points

  I was skeptical at this point based on prior reviews but couldn’t be more pleasantly surprised after decanting for an hour! Still sipping it 2 hours later. Berries are coming out beautifully - amazing with my Tomohalk steak!

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  2/28/2018 - pawa wrote: flawed

  Corked

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  1/5/2015 - dbkitc wrote: 90 Points

  Beautiful ruby color. Nose is surprisingly reminiscent of central coast pinot - ripe berry fruit and oak - maybe even a hint of cola. Velvety texture is full bodied and smooth. There is a lot of extract and layers of flavor. A bit untamed and certainly not a transparent, elegant burgundy. Good and ready to go, but not what I was looking for stylistically tonight. Big boy. Certainly not the finesse and mineral expression this vineyard's reputation promises but did come together nicely with air. (90)

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  3/3/2013 - olalar wrote: 88 Points

  Medium to light bodied with berries, dirt and spices both in nose and mouth. Great balance. The wine seems to be on a downhill slope. Drink now.

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