December 30, 2023 - Absolutely at peak. Does well after 45 mins in decanter and is a rock star especially when compared to what you get for twice the price these days with more recent vintages.
Drink now +2-3 years. I stored at 55F since release. Warning that my cork had wine within a couple of millimeters of the outside end though it was in a little ridge in the cork. Not sure if this speaks to the whole lot of corks they used but I was close to having an entirely (not good) different wine.
I made beef wellington to have with this which was a perfect pairing.
I drank half of the bottle. Drunk over one night.
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June 19, 2022 - 2005 Volnay Premier Cru Tasting and Lunch (San Francisco): Dark ruby. Somber black fruit and some brett on the nose. Medium to light weight with a thin veneer of wood. Black fruit and soil, plenty of structure here with grainy tannins and a dusty finish. Complex and very Burgundian, but I don't like its wild edge or its exceedingly dry finish that does not bode well for further development.
April 5, 2021 - Can it be that this wine was too young? On day 2, it was absolutely lovely with gobs of fruit and complexity although for the first several hours on the first night, it came across as ungiving and too earthy. (although some guests loved it from the start).
September 9, 2020 - Very pretty floral nose with sweet red fruit and some earthy notes. More of an iron-mineral earthy palate with some buried fruit and some tannins emerging after several hours. A stronger showing than the last bottle, this has the energy to keep developing for many years. My last bottle sadly.
September 9, 2020 - Zoom tasting with the wine group - Burgundy (Zoom): Tasted blind. Light ruby, slight bricking; high intensity aromatics with complex spice, red fruited, savory leafy component, a bit of spice, elegant with depth; palate is light bodied, red fruited, a bit polished but not at all ripe, balanced low-medium alcohol, medium to medium-plus acidity, less complex on the palate but more about the excellent mouthfeel and depth of fruit; finish is medium length. The nose is quite excellent, the palate simply very good. 90
February 2, 2020 - 2 hour decant. Ok shape, modest fruity nose. Good tart red fruited palate but nothing stands out.
October 10, 2015 - A youthful, cherry red colour; quite fresh, sappy fruit, redcurrant and cherry, with some richness beginning to develop through the acidity. Not much complexity at present, as it is still young, but it should improve with a few more years' development.
March 9, 2015 - This is not my sort of style. very big and powerful wine. currently huge tannins. a pure pinot nose, but just too modern, too polished and dare i say it, to "parkerised" on the palate. perhaps just a difficult phase and i'd hope this mellows, perhaps one to try again in 2020?