2011 La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos des 60 Ouvrées
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Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine:
89 Points
Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - Tight shut nose, bit disappointed, either in a dormant stage or symptoms of the vintage, acidic, young, forgettable
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Comment posted by _water.into.wine_:
6/27/2018 6:11:00 PM - Hello. How long did you air or decant? I didn’t like this from the bottle, but after 7 hours of air it was lovely! I suspect shut down. Try again post 2020,or even 2022
Comment posted by Claret & CdP Gang:
6/27/2018 8:04:00 PM - Hi there! Had only a short decant so definitely agree with you that it's shut down. The Pousse 60 Ouvrees is a good solid Volnay.
Comment posted by _water.into.wine_:
6/27/2018 9:12:00 PM - Do you have a case or was this your last bottle?
Comment posted by Claret & CdP Gang:
6/27/2018 9:30:00 PM - Hi. It was a test bottle. Was going to get more if it was good but guess not. Had the 02 Pousse volnay bousse last year and it was delicious so thought the 60 Ouvrees be equally good if not better
Comment posted by _water.into.wine_:
6/27/2018 10:42:00 PM - Unfortunately I find it quite overpriced for what it is. I personally feel you can get some better values from the likes of Boillot family etc, as for the same as an off vintage of PdO, you can get a 2005,09,10 etc from them
That said, the 2002 you gave 15 years, whilst this only had 8. I do believe this could be a cracking wine in another 7 years (2025+ period)
Comment posted by Claret & CdP Gang:
6/27/2018 11:38:00 PM - Thanks for the tip on the boillot.
Comment posted by _water.into.wine_:
6/28/2018 3:58:00 AM - Enjoy! P. S just saw you are KL based. I recently moved there. Small world!
Comment posted by Claret & CdP Gang:
6/28/2018 4:09:00 AM - Wow! We should meet up! I'm Kelvin btw & my Hp is 0122036081. Got a wine group here about 10 of us & we meet regularly to eat & pop good bottles. We drink mostly older Bordeaux, burgs, barolos & cdp.