April 29, 2024 - Volnay 1er Cru 2005 Tasting (Chicago IL): Corked
July 5, 2023 - France Trip; 6/29/2023-7/10/2023 (France (Paris, Burgundy, & Champagne)): Drank after 2 days of opening
Tannins have softened beautifully
Fruits shine through at first, then Tertiary notes starting to come out.
Beautiful earthiness still with structure and power from first opening.
Nice acidity, clearly a very well balanced wine that is drinking superbly
July 3, 2023 - France Trip; 6/29/2023-7/10/2023 (France (Paris, Burgundy, & Champagne)): Lot of power here. Strong gripping tannins, but delicate, not chalky, much lighter
Lot of richer fruits, cherry.
Initially the finish had hints of a smokey, whole cluster production. Faded more so over time.
Delicious.
February 25, 2023 - Slowly maturing red cherry and berry with hints of baking spice and roasted meat. Much more accessible than most 2005 1er Cru, this is charming and balanced already right now, with an expanding finish. Good through 2035ish.
August 10, 2022 - Really excellent. This wine always hits the right notes for me but I was expecting it to be a typical still-shutdown 2005. It is among the best 2005s I have had — deeply textured, layers of red fruit flavors mingled with tingling acidity. Tannins are present but starting to soften. Just entering it’s drinking phase and it will last a long time but no sadness in drinking now.
August 9, 2022 - I feel like it was a cpl of yrs past it’s prime. Was still nice but the depth was gone
June 19, 2022 - 2005 Volnay Premier Cru Tasting and Lunch (San Francisco): Deep ruby color. Powerful, forward, heady nose with prominent dark berries. Larger scale than the Giroud Taillepieds. Backward black fruit, noticeable oak, excellent acidity, still quite tannic with significant back end grip. This is unready, but it does get a lot better with air.
May 1, 2022 - Je lui donne cette note pour la complexité, mais le millésime lui a volé quelques points je crois. Le nez est assez tertiaire, on pense donc que la bouche sera de même mais il est encore assez costaud, avec un peu d’arômes primaires et un peu d’arômes tertiaires en arrière-plan. Il est inégal et quoiqu’intéressant, pas à l’image d’un vin de cet âge d’un beau domaine.
December 31, 2021 - A little long in the tooth.
March 6, 2021 - Has definitely moved into a new stage. Lots of forest floor, mushroom notes with the bright fruit notes gone. Not my style