Haven’t tasted this since 2021. My last bottle of this vintage and patience was rewarded. Noticably more mature than my last experience. Lovely aromas and wonderful finish with a great balance between fruit, earth, minerality, and acidity.
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This second bottle was not quite as impressive as a previous taken to a 2011 burg tasting a couple of weeks before. Still in its infancy, it was a bit tight and a little muted but began to open up and show a full fruit profile with air. Unfortunately it was up against more mature wines that it never had a full chance to stand up against this time Hold a few years
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Nick A's Burgundy Series, 2011 Edition, kids table: A bit more youthful, a bit more vigourous. Something bright yet accessible there - blackcurrant chewit? Do they make cranberry chewits? If they did they would taste like this wine. My mouth is watering thinking about this wine - lovely stuff. I think there are probably two or three reds at the dinner I preferred, but none of them summons themselves to memory as easily as this one. Would love to drink again.
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Nick's 2011 Burgundies (Noizé): Hint of reduction to start, then a nose to die for. Just a wrap me up and bury me in it kind of nose. On the palate opens up with cranberry, black raspberry, olives and bay leaf, and a smoothness and elegance that is simply wonderful. This I think is the best of the flight by a whisker. Somehow it feels more youthful, bright and airy, doing everything it needs to without expending any effort at all. Top notch.
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Nick A's 2011 Burgundy Horizontal (Table 2) (Noizé, London): Another lovely drop, someone on the table correctly suggests blackcurrant chewits on the nose. They're right and some chocolate coated cranberries too. With air a smoky Bakewell character emerges. Palate is long and brooding. After 20 mins in the glass there's a suggestion of coffee and walnut sponge on the palate.
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Medium plus intensity on the nose with red cherry, black cherry, blackberry, cinnamon, clove, chocolate, vanilla, smoke, charred wood, caramel, dried cherry, wet leaves, earth and forest floor. Developing.
Medium plus intensity and dry on the palate with more dried cherry coming through. High acidity, medium minus tannins, medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus finish.
Can drink now but has potential for aging or further aging.
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Time in the bottle has been good to this wine. Third time tasting this vintage over the past three years. While still a backward wine, it is starting to put on weight and complexity. After an hour in the decanter, it really opened up nicely.
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This was delightful tonight shortly after opening with lots of penetrating, dark red fruit with earthy, minerally undertones and a long, spicy finish. All in all, quite nice and a pretty good qpr. While I think this is drinking really well right now, I do think it could benefit from abit more time in the bottle.
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Young and austere, but still delicious. High acidity, high toned red fruit (cranberry, pomegranate), orange rind, minerals and slight tinge of mushroom. Give it another 5 years.
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(Small Oregon tasting with a Volnay reference) Full and perfumed nose. Minerally gun-powder. Oak and exotic spices. Very good depth. Some undergrowth and forest floor. Medium-fullish, still tannic palate with a slightly youtful impression. A bit tart. Spicy and structured. Quite oaky and lacks some elegance for the appellation. Comes across as a bit rustic. No greeness, but the bitterness betrays the vintage. Could benefit from 2-3 more yrs.
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Abit on the rustic side with earthy, slightly brambly, dark red fruit. There’s plenty of concentration here, but perhaps lacking in depth and finesse. Nice enough now, but I suspect this will start to shine in a few more years.
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375ml bottle. At home. Poured into decanter and drank over 1+ hour. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, purplish ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of salty saline minerality, wet granitic stones, moist soil, pretty red flowers, light red spice, red cherries, ripe raspberries. Developing. On the palate, dry, lovely stinging high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium- tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of salty brine minerality, dark moist earth, wet granite stones, crunchy red cherries, ripe raspberries, cranberries, sweet herbs and spice. Long finish. Fruits get a little darker with more air - sweet black cherries. Very good quality Volnay Caillerets with the acidic focus and strong minerality combined with crunchy ripe red fruits. Already approachable now in half-bottle format. Can develop well over the next 5+ years but I don't think needs a decade to be appreciated. May be a little too sharp for non-acid freaks.
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Very good, but I was hoping for more. Briney, saline, touch of smoke on the nose and a tangy orange zest on the finish. The nose is fantastic but the finish is a bit too abrupt. It can benefit from a few more years in bottle to integrate all of the components. Might warrant a higher score with some short term cellaring.
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Bu lors du souper de Noël pour comparer à un 2011 de Charloppin...celui-ci a complètement torché l`autre. En carafe 1 heure puis remis en bouteille épaulé quelques heures durant le repas. Superbe nez sur les fruits noirs, les épices et un beau bouquet d`herbes. En bouche, les épices sont bien là, c`est assez gouteux et raffiné. Du poivre, des petites cerises, des notes terreuses et des violettes. Il y a une belle acidité et une minéralité qui en font un beau vin digeste. La finale est longue et enveloppante, un autre très beau 2011. L`art de ne pas se peinturer dans un coin dans notre passion pour découvrir ce beau bijou.
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Au nez, on aurait pu se diriger vers un cabernet ligérien par exemple car c'est vert - le poivron! En bouche, les premières gorgées sont aussi marquées par la verdure (je parierais sur une bonne proportion de vendanges entières mais avec une sous-maturité de la rafle; sinon un effet du millésime ). Avec l'aération, le tout s'améliore et se développe sur une minéralité modérée, les épices, les tannins modérés, et une finale légèrement amère.
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Knightsbridge 2011 Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Ripe and dense fruit with good spice aromas. Slightly more black, dense and meaty flavors than I normally expect from Volnay, but this is long and very balanced. Definitely good.
This has to be the ripest Burgundy I have ever had but done very well. Ripeness NOT verging on chocolaty. Dark fruit flavors, wonderful layers of fruit, real depth here. Great acidity on the finish to give the wine some shape. I struggled with this wine, I don't know if I want to hate it or like it. What does time bring? Burgundy purists stay away.
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4/7/2024 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Haven’t tasted this since 2021. My last bottle of this vintage and patience was rewarded. Noticably more mature than my last experience. Lovely aromas and wonderful finish with a great balance between fruit, earth, minerality, and acidity.
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10/30/2023 - MSheridan Likes this wine: 90 Points
This second bottle was not quite as impressive as a previous taken to a 2011 burg tasting a couple of weeks before.
Still in its infancy, it was a bit tight and a little muted but began to open up and show a full fruit profile with air.
Unfortunately it was up against more mature wines that it never had a full chance to stand up against this time
Hold a few years
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10/28/2023 - moany rhoney wrote:
WIMPS Burgundy 27th Oct 23 (La Trompette): youngest of this flight of Volnay and tastes it. Lots of fruit and complexity but more to come I think.
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10/14/2023 - lozatron Likes this wine:
Nick A's Burgundy Series, 2011 Edition, kids table: A bit more youthful, a bit more vigourous. Something bright yet accessible there - blackcurrant chewit? Do they make cranberry chewits? If they did they would taste like this wine. My mouth is watering thinking about this wine - lovely stuff. I think there are probably two or three reds at the dinner I preferred, but none of them summons themselves to memory as easily as this one. Would love to drink again.
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10/12/2023 - oenanthe Likes this wine: 93 Points
Nick's 2011 Burgundies (Noizé): Hint of reduction to start, then a nose to die for. Just a wrap me up and bury me in it kind of nose. On the palate opens up with cranberry, black raspberry, olives and bay leaf, and a smoothness and elegance that is simply wonderful. This I think is the best of the flight by a whisker. Somehow it feels more youthful, bright and airy, doing everything it needs to without expending any effort at all. Top notch.
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10/12/2023 - Vinumming & Ahhing Likes this wine:
Nick A's 2011 Burgundy Horizontal (Table 2) (Noizé, London): Another lovely drop, someone on the table correctly suggests blackcurrant chewits on the nose. They're right and some chocolate coated cranberries too. With air a smoky Bakewell character emerges. Palate is long and brooding. After 20 mins in the glass there's a suggestion of coffee and walnut sponge on the palate.
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11/6/2022 - sjfunkenhauser wrote: 91 Points
Pale ruby.
Medium (+) intensity red cherry, cranberry, cinnamon, all spice, red plum, violet, wet stone, under brush, charred cedar.
Pronounced palate.
Medium (-) body, medium tannin, high acidity, long finish.
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11/1/2022 - Irish_Wine wrote: 91 Points
Pale ruby.
Medium plus intensity on the nose with red cherry, black cherry, blackberry, cinnamon, clove, chocolate, vanilla, smoke, charred wood, caramel, dried cherry, wet leaves, earth and forest floor. Developing.
Medium plus intensity and dry on the palate with more dried cherry coming through. High acidity, medium minus tannins, medium body, medium alcohol, medium plus finish.
Can drink now but has potential for aging or further aging.
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3/12/2022 - martin_e Likes this wine: 91 Points
Great wine, may need a bit for of aging, but started opening and showing nice complex red fruit.
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7/31/2021 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Time in the bottle has been good to this wine. Third time tasting this vintage over the past three years. While still a backward wine, it is starting to put on weight and complexity. After an hour in the decanter, it really opened up nicely.
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4/19/2021 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still abit backwards on opening then blossomed nicely after about an hour and was consistent with my last note. Quite nice and in no hurry.
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6/28/2020 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 91 Points
This was delightful tonight shortly after opening with lots of penetrating, dark red fruit with earthy, minerally undertones and a long, spicy finish. All in all, quite nice and a pretty good qpr. While I think this is drinking really well right now, I do think it could benefit from abit more time in the bottle.
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5/15/2020 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Young and austere, but still delicious. High acidity, high toned red fruit (cranberry, pomegranate), orange rind, minerals and slight tinge of mushroom. Give it another 5 years.
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4/25/2020 - Argrath wrote: 93 Points
(Small Oregon tasting with a Volnay reference)
Full and perfumed nose. Minerally gun-powder. Oak and exotic spices. Very good depth. Some undergrowth and forest floor.
Medium-fullish, still tannic palate with a slightly youtful impression. A bit tart. Spicy and structured. Quite oaky and lacks some elegance for the appellation. Comes across as a bit rustic. No greeness, but the bitterness betrays the vintage. Could benefit from 2-3 more yrs.
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12/28/2019 - mmcdds Likes this wine: 90 Points
Abit on the rustic side with earthy, slightly brambly, dark red fruit. There’s plenty of concentration here, but perhaps lacking in depth and finesse. Nice enough now, but I suspect this will start to shine in a few more years.
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11/18/2018 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
375ml bottle. At home. Poured into decanter and drank over 1+ hour.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, purplish ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of salty saline minerality, wet granitic stones, moist soil, pretty red flowers, light red spice, red cherries, ripe raspberries. Developing.
On the palate, dry, lovely stinging high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium- tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of salty brine minerality, dark moist earth, wet granite stones, crunchy red cherries, ripe raspberries, cranberries, sweet herbs and spice. Long finish. Fruits get a little darker with more air - sweet black cherries.
Very good quality Volnay Caillerets with the acidic focus and strong minerality combined with crunchy ripe red fruits. Already approachable now in half-bottle format. Can develop well over the next 5+ years but I don't think needs a decade to be appreciated. May be a little too sharp for non-acid freaks.
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8/10/2018 - Francophile1 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very good, but I was hoping for more. Briney, saline, touch of smoke on the nose and a tangy orange zest on the finish. The nose is fantastic but the finish is a bit too abrupt. It can benefit from a few more years in bottle to integrate all of the components. Might warrant a higher score with some short term cellaring.
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4/2/2018 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Pretty closed on the nose but nice, ripe sweet red fruit on the palate. Very pleasant if one dimensional
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12/31/2017 - maxima wrote: 91 Points
Bu lors du souper de Noël pour comparer à un 2011 de Charloppin...celui-ci a complètement torché l`autre.
En carafe 1 heure puis remis en bouteille épaulé quelques heures durant le repas.
Superbe nez sur les fruits noirs, les épices et un beau bouquet d`herbes.
En bouche, les épices sont bien là, c`est assez gouteux et raffiné.
Du poivre, des petites cerises, des notes terreuses et des violettes.
Il y a une belle acidité et une minéralité qui en font un beau vin digeste.
La finale est longue et enveloppante, un autre très beau 2011.
L`art de ne pas se peinturer dans un coin dans notre passion pour découvrir ce beau bijou.
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11/19/2017 - ews3 wrote: 91 Points
light profile, with crunchy red berry fruit, floral notes, and granite. bright acids are a bit forward. finishes with a cranberry note.
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10/22/2015 - Mazy Likes this wine: 87 Points
Au nez, on aurait pu se diriger vers un cabernet ligérien par exemple car c'est vert - le poivron! En bouche, les premières gorgées sont aussi marquées par la verdure (je parierais sur une bonne proportion de vendanges entières mais avec une sous-maturité de la rafle; sinon un effet du millésime ). Avec l'aération, le tout s'améliore et se développe sur une minéralité modérée, les épices, les tannins modérés, et une finale légèrement amère.
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10/4/2014 - yofog wrote:
An extremely pretty nose here, and a nicely dense but light-on-its-feet core. Very good.
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8/13/2014 - zTroy wrote: 94 Points
Very minerally for a red but nice drinking.
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4/6/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Knightsbridge 2011 Burgundy Tasting and Sale (Northbrook, IL): Tasting, brief note. Ripe and dense fruit with good spice aromas. Slightly more black, dense and meaty flavors than I normally expect from Volnay, but this is long and very balanced. Definitely good.
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1/15/2014 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Pousse d'Or of Volnay (Bistro 7 (7 N. 3rd St., Philadelphia)): Cooler red fruit. Touch menthol. Nice core of fruit. Lighter color.
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9/18/2013 - Drankard wrote:
This has to be the ripest Burgundy I have ever had but done very well. Ripeness NOT verging on chocolaty. Dark fruit flavors, wonderful layers of fruit, real depth here. Great acidity on the finish to give the wine some shape. I struggled with this wine, I don't know if I want to hate it or like it. What does time bring? Burgundy purists stay away.
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2/6/2013 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Man is this killer.
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11/21/2012 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
Expressive, cassis, animal fur, leather; rich, full, tannic, high acidity. This has good potential for 2011. 90-91.
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