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Volnay and Pommard Blind Tasting

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Tasted November 10, 2010 by french16 with 526 views

Introduction

All wines tasted blind, then revealed and enjoyed with food.

Flight 1 (3 notes)

Red
2002 Domaine Jean Garaudet Pommard France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard
Lovely nose with fresh red fruits and floral notes. Earthy.
Mushroms notes on the palate with a smoky finish. Long finish. Really impressive.
I though this was a Volnay!
Red
2003 Prince Florent de Merode Pommard Clos de la Platière France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard
Very fruity nose, candied. Grenadine notes. Hint of mint. With air, it becomes riper with even more fruit. Palate is darker, red plums. Not very enjoyable on the palate with some wood. It showed more Pommard like with air.
I was surprised to see this was an 03 and it did not show the roasted side of the vintage but this was definitely candied.
Red
1990 Domaine Joseph Voillot Volnay 1er Cru Champans France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Showing evolution on the rim. Tired nose and palate. Moldy. The wine has seen better days.
Surprised to see the vintage as the few 90s I had were still going strong and quite ripe.

Flight 2 (3 notes)

Red
2001 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru Taillepieds France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Well so much for the hail in '01. This is simply superb and textbook Volnay. Floral, red fruits, balanced and elegant and showed great depth and weight.
Red
2004 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Really weird with strong eggplant and ashes notes. It takes a lot of air and time for the fruit (nice cherry and raspberry) to appear. Still very backwards
There's also a steminess that I appreciate. Vin droit, Lafarge style.
Austere but there's definitely something bringing you back. The last drops were really good.
Red
2001 Domaine de Courcel Pommard 1er Cru Grand Clos des Épenots France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
Smoky and herbs but quite shy.
Balanced with hint of earthiness but very simple on the palate and seems closed. The finish is nevertheless impressive.
Just like the Lafarge, it takes a lot of time for the wine to develop complexity. All about nice and clean dark cherry and strawberry with a touch of leather.
Firm and elegant. This needs 4-6 more years.

Flight 3 (1 note)

Red
2006 Louis Latour Volnay 1er Cru En Chevret France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay 1er Cru
Fruit, fruit and more red fruit. It tasted extracted to me.
No sense of place, no terroir. Where's Burgundy?
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