Sometimes you just want Miss Right Now rather than Miss Right! Definitely the case with this wine. Uncorked and drunk over the next hour. Disappeared between 2 of us as fast as I can recall any wine doing in recent years. Perhaps a tad warm on serving which caused the predominantly red fruit to show in a very slightly stewed/imprecise fashion. Otherwise, a simply delicious/sexy rendition of volnay.
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Tasted over 2 hrs -med dark red -red fruit cola mild reduction wet stone -barely med acidity, med/med- weight dark cherry and cola with a creamy top note and some noticeable oak accompanies the med tannins, not getting any Brett features on this bottle -this is pretty decent overall if not very Volnay; ie it is a better pinot than it is a Burg
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Tasted over 2 hrs and day 2 -med red with mild bricking -moderately expressive sweet dark cherry coffee residue a little bit of wet stone -med acidity, med weight and concentration full soft diffuse mouthfeel with a creamy top note overlying ripe dark cherry and floral element, med- tannins; strong roasted grain element I equate with Brettanomyces becomes prominent on day 2 -pleasant if a bit new world-ish and lacking a bit of focus and structure
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Drunk over 2 nights. Quite dark coloured and dark fruited for a volnay on the first night. Quite similar to the mazoyeres in many ways. Different beast on the 2nd night, particularly the warmer 1st glass. Explosive nose of sweet perfumed red fruits that really followed through on the palate. Quite impressive. Cooler second glass was more like the first night’s showing. I’d say this could very much be enjoyed now with some air or held for a while.
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Opened and decanted for three hours, served with a duck rice dish. The wine was better than i had expected but still not worth what I paid. I do not think this will age long term, but will still be good in five years.
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Pop and pour. A bit light and pedestrian at first but with 15 minutes in the glass it opened up nicely. Red fruit dominated. Given the controversy (well deserved) surrounding the producer I wonder if any of these wines will ever be judged impartially. For me this was a pleasant wine, though nothing exceptional and probably not a great deal at winery direct pricing, however, given how these wines are being discounted it is worth a try for those who are curious about the producer.
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I slow-oxed the bottle for 4 hours and took this to our blind tasting group, and then tried to keep an open mind. In the positive column, most tasters enjoyed the wine although most did not identify it as Burgundy, certainly not Volnay. One member (who sat for M.W.) called 2010 Gevrey or Nuits. Several other tasters suggested a rustic satellite Burgundy. In the negative column, I did not like the wine at all. For my palate it simply did not speak of Volnay. The oak is out of balance and there is a 'cleaning out the fireplace' reductive aroma. Some tasters felt that aroma would integrate with time; I believe the relatively tart fruit will fade instead. This wine is not severely flawed, it is even occasionally pleasant, but is a very poor QPR, and will not appeal to most Burgundy aficionados.
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Hallelujah! My 4th 2011/2012 Maison Ilan and finally one that (a) seems to be good and (b) sort of explains the others.
The initial nose is very off-putting and exactly what I've smelled in the other MI wines. Others have said reduction, but I don't know enough to say if that is what I'm smelling. Tasting, there was initially some good tannins, but the acidity seemed weak. After some air (only about 10min), this turned really quite good. The initial unpleasant nose disappeared completely, the fruit showed up and is very nice, and there is even some good acidity.
This actually seems like what I basically expected from early MI wines. A bit difficult, but ultimately showing good potential. This wine seems to be better young than a lot of the other MI wines, but it does give me hope on the others.
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Something very wrong with this. Tastes like a batch of home made wine that went rogue. I'm leaning towards corked, but there may be more to it than just that.
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5/15/2022 - DougLee wrote: 90 Points
Disappeared very quickly at the family dinner. Small sample: smoothed tannin and crunchy red berry fruit with plenty of acidity. Very good effort.
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5/15/2022 - DAN BAILEY Likes this wine:
Sometimes you just want Miss Right Now rather than Miss Right! Definitely the case with this wine. Uncorked and drunk over the next hour. Disappeared between 2 of us as fast as I can recall any wine doing in recent years. Perhaps a tad warm on serving which caused the predominantly red fruit to show in a very slightly stewed/imprecise fashion. Otherwise, a simply delicious/sexy rendition of volnay.
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8/10/2021 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 2 hrs
-med dark red
-red fruit cola mild reduction wet stone
-barely med acidity, med/med- weight dark cherry and cola with a creamy top note and some noticeable oak accompanies the med tannins, not getting any Brett features on this bottle
-this is pretty decent overall if not very Volnay; ie it is a better pinot than it is a Burg
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11/17/2019 - Cote d'Or wrote:
Tasted over 2 hrs and day 2
-med red with mild bricking
-moderately expressive sweet dark cherry coffee residue a little bit of wet stone
-med acidity, med weight and concentration full soft diffuse mouthfeel with a creamy top note overlying ripe dark cherry and floral element, med- tannins; strong roasted grain element I equate with Brettanomyces becomes prominent on day 2
-pleasant if a bit new world-ish and lacking a bit of focus and structure
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1/5/2019 - DAN BAILEY wrote:
Drunk over 2 nights. Quite dark coloured and dark fruited for a volnay on the first night. Quite similar to the mazoyeres in many ways. Different beast on the 2nd night, particularly the warmer 1st glass. Explosive nose of sweet perfumed red fruits that really followed through on the palate. Quite impressive. Cooler second glass was more like the first night’s showing. I’d say this could very much be enjoyed now with some air or held for a while.
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9/2/2018 - Mtpisgah wrote:
Opened and decanted for three hours, served with a duck rice dish. The wine was better than i had expected but still not worth what I paid. I do not think this will age long term, but will still be good in five years.
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5/16/2017 - cookie7 wrote:
Pop and pour. A bit light and pedestrian at first but with 15 minutes in the glass it opened up nicely. Red fruit dominated. Given the controversy (well deserved) surrounding the producer I wonder if any of these wines will ever be judged impartially. For me this was a pleasant wine, though nothing exceptional and probably not a great deal at winery direct pricing, however, given how these wines are being discounted it is worth a try for those who are curious about the producer.
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1/28/2017 - thesternowl Likes this wine: 91 Points
Popped and poured. No formal notes but it was delightful with mussels.
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10/29/2016 - S1 Does not like this wine:
I slow-oxed the bottle for 4 hours and took this to our blind tasting group, and then tried to keep an open mind. In the positive column, most tasters enjoyed the wine although most did not identify it as Burgundy, certainly not Volnay. One member (who sat for M.W.) called 2010 Gevrey or Nuits. Several other tasters suggested a rustic satellite Burgundy. In the negative column, I did not like the wine at all. For my palate it simply did not speak of Volnay. The oak is out of balance and there is a 'cleaning out the fireplace' reductive aroma. Some tasters felt that aroma would integrate with time; I believe the relatively tart fruit will fade instead. This wine is not severely flawed, it is even occasionally pleasant, but is a very poor QPR, and will not appeal to most Burgundy aficionados.
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2/12/2016 - missionpk Likes this wine:
Hallelujah! My 4th 2011/2012 Maison Ilan and finally one that (a) seems to be good and (b) sort of explains the others.
The initial nose is very off-putting and exactly what I've smelled in the other MI wines. Others have said reduction, but I don't know enough to say if that is what I'm smelling. Tasting, there was initially some good tannins, but the acidity seemed weak. After some air (only about 10min), this turned really quite good. The initial unpleasant nose disappeared completely, the fruit showed up and is very nice, and there is even some good acidity.
This actually seems like what I basically expected from early MI wines. A bit difficult, but ultimately showing good potential. This wine seems to be better young than a lot of the other MI wines, but it does give me hope on the others.
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1/10/2016 - khmark7 wrote:
Something very wrong with this. Tastes like a batch of home made wine that went rogue. I'm leaning towards corked, but there may be more to it than just that.
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