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1997 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Volnay 1er Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 5
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eromer wrote: 88 points
March 13, 2012 - Bricked. Nose mostly gone but the wine still elegant and balanced silk. Should have finished it up a couple years ago but still enjoyable.
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60ouvrees wrote:
February 26, 2009 - Some pleasant tart cherry on nose but a quick sips(and a few more sips after that) reveal that there simply isn't enough fruit to balance the acidity. This one probably should have been drunk 5 years ago.
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Claudio161 wrote: 89 points
May 18, 2008 - Sight: Red with some tinges of orange on the rim
Nose: Fruit and spice....classic cherry nose.... purple florals...some perfume notes and more spice coming forth
Taste: Spice, fruit, good acid balance, medium light body
Overall - very nice! Would like to have more. 89+ points -
KeithAkers wrote: 89 points
May 18, 2008 - ERI Pre Auction tasting (union league club, chicago IL): nose: nice and soft with cherries, purple florals, spice, mushrooms, and some perfumes that are hard to pin point
taste: soft and silky with that great volnay feel of spice and cherry tones comlimented with some earth and mushrooms
overall: a very pretty wine. Very soft and silky from the attack all the way through the finish -
Cotedorfan wrote:
January 9, 2007 - Good color with a bit of bricking at the edge. The aroma eventually opened up in the glass (served by Le Cirque in a bordeaux glass for some reason) to reveal pure red fruit scents (cherries?) with no real earthiness. Middle weight red fruit flavors more muted than the aromas, no tannins and less minerality and acidity than expected - a nice drink, but not likely to improve.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine Michel Lafarge
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Clos du Château des Ducs
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Volnay 1er Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 26 (51%)
- Consumed 25 (49%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerDomaine Michel Lafarge
- VarietyPinot Noir
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationVolnay 1er Cru
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