Super youthful and full of energy. A little tight at first but 30-45 minutes of breathing really opened it up. Cherry, strawberry, baking spices nose. Sweet fruit. Maybe a hint of mint. Palate classy, mid weight, red fruited. Tannins yes, but crunchy and soft. Med+ or more acid for long well balanced finish. Just added a point to the score. This is really good now and has plenty of positive development ahead. Vollot’s normal austerity balanced by the great fruit and depth of 2005. Best Voillot I’ve had, but the 1999 Champans was close. I guess Voillot excels in this kind of vintage.
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Opened and poured. Even ruby throughout. Strong wintergreen and earth scents. Light to medium weight. Tart cranberry, high acidity, fennel, real minerality and salinity. After a few hours, slightly sweeter red cherry comes out. This is a lean, energetic 2005 whose backbone derives more from acidity than tannins. It is not yet mature, but I wonder how much more pliancy and flesh it will develop. Excellent now, maybe even better if you gravitate to a more austere style à la d’Angerville.
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A fairly dark colour; initially a little dumb, but it opened up a bit, showing mature, redcurrant/ cherry fruit, a hint of violets and a somewhat lean palate, but quite long on the finish. Elegance rather than power. This still has potential.
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2005 is a vintage I’ve really felt is coming into its own for Volnay. This 1er Cru from Domaine Joseph Voillot is no exception to that. Harvested from Les Champans, an aromatic, balanced nose of red berries, tobacco, chocolate and subtle earthiness draw you in. The palette is bright, packed with tart redcurrants, cherries, subtle minerality and a finish that brings in game. With good acidity and good integration, this is a great, mature Volnay that has really come into its own.
Expressive nose of red fruits and minerality and some gentle earthy notes. Only medium weight. Internally very aromatic on the palate - the favors expand in the mouth with real lift and thrust. Red fruited. Sweet but not too sweet. Well behaved tannin. Perfect fruit-acid-tannin balance. Very good length. Not perhaps the most complex but has the weightless force of presence that distinguishes the best pinot noir. Lighter than I expected for a Champans in 2005. Really good. Approachable now.
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A bright ruby colour; very fresh and lively on the palate, with redcurrant and cherry fruit, medium weight and noticeable acidity. This is good now, but would benefit from several more years in bottle.
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Just starting to emerge from its slumber, this is showing bright, earthy cherries and brambly fruit with a silky texture. Quite satisfying with food but still a bit one-dimensional. Will be better in 5 and better still in 10.
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Excellent wine. Red, brick ruby color. Love the nose of red berry fruit, dried orange and black tea. Tactile texture that foreshadows the rather serious and mildly stern palate. Things are still unfolding here. Nice extract. Like it. (92)
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A firm structure, with well delineated fruit and good acidity; in fact, the acidity rather dominates at present and it may need some more time to soften up. Even so, it is now developing secondary flavours. A potentially very good Volnay.
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Quite a dark colour; fresh, lively, quite pure fruit, elegant and with a firm structure. Attractive now, but should develop more richness and complexity over the next few years. I bought this for current drinking, but it would be better left for a while (like many 2005 Burgundies still).
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Leaker. Cork just slid right into the bottle when opened. Dark ruby, floral nose, darker berry fruits with a pronounced stony streak, tannins mostly resolved, good length, missing a little of the depth and texture from the last bottle.
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A year on from its last outing!. Pale to mid garnet. A gentle bouquet of sous-Bois, tilled earth, Rainer cherry, Rose Petal and a twist of baking spice. Light to medium-bodied, the entry is brisk but assuaged with succulent red fruit. A crushed or wet crushed rock dynamic comes through on the mid-palate along with those sweeter spices. A poised, deceptively youthful wine in appearance with a purity of flavour - quite bright and crystalline, matched by a long length. I imagine this would have been reasonably acidic in its youth but has come together nicely.
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A bright red colour; well balanced, with intense, very pure, sappy, dark cherry fruit and a little tannin still; well balanced, intense and long. Just about ready but will improve for 5 years and keep for 10.
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Bright cherries. Suprisingly big and somewhat tight. At 15 years i thought this would be a bit more softer and elegant, but shows how big the 2005 vintage can be. This was delicious though. Would recommend giving this lots of air, or to leave another 5 years. 92pts now but could add points with time. Drank with SJW and MH at Cilantro
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Red cherry and raspberry fruit; well structured with some residual tannin; medium weight and elegant. Approachable now, but with scope for further development. Potentially a 90+ wine, given more time.
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Electric cherry red. Not deeply colored. A bit simple on first pour (even with a few hours in the open bottle). With time of n the glass, the breed of this wine emerges. The nose bursts with red fruit, violets and anise. A lot of tension remains in the palate but hints a lovely things to come. The fruit is pure and layered. Elements balance nicely. Bright bright bright. This should really hit its stride in a few years and last for ages. Excellent stuff. (93+)
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Mid garnet to cherry-red core. Classic sous Bois, intense, aromatic showing red cherry, perhaps more sour red cherry. A lovely softness to the palate entry with aromatic intensity in the mouth. A creamy red cherry compote, not sweet but sumptuously soft texture, flavours of wild strawberry, bing cherry kept together with a tight acidity not letting the wine sag but giving wonderful definition. A delicate, elegant wine with excellent finesse and as the wine finished gave crushed rocks, black plum, more sappy red fruits, some fresh earth notes, with tannins gentle stroking the palate. A fabulous example of a Volnay and the fruit works beautifully especially given the wine is 14 years old!
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Dinner at Imperial Treasure with Asparagus gang. Drank from bottle over 2.5 hours. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of fresh red cherries, light garden florals, fresh strawberries, red licorice. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet fresh red cherries, strawberries, licorice, stony minerality, fresh herbs. Some vegetal earth and black cherries with more air. Long finish. Very good quality. Elegant. Primary notes dominant at the moment. Real elegance. At first I thought not much depth, but it does show more with air. Needs time. 2005 Burgs generally still charging ahead into the future with lots of life.
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Plummy, well-integrated wine that blossomed as the night wore on. More on the red fruited specturm, with hints of slightly vegetal notes (which I like). Has the stuffing to age at least a decade more. This is an underrated
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dark plum red, medium clarity, amber hue Nose: plum, raspberry, tart berry, chocolate, vanilla, swine, green pepper, clove, bay leaf, allspice, herbs, tannins, oak Pal: plum, raspberry, tart berry, leather, wet earth, tobacco, chocolate, iron, chalk, vanilla, green herbs, minerals, silver, green pepper, clove, bay leaf, allspice, black pepper, touch swine, tannins, oak, some complexity Feel: medium, full, savory, acidic Finish: long T9
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Similar to last tasting but softened structure. Was beautiful and sweet from opening. High toned cherry pits, liquer, balsamic. Sweet steely minerality. At the stage where it will gain more complexity with more age.
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medium plum red, medium clarity, slight brickish hue Nose: plum, raspberry, cinnamon, sandalwood, black pepper, vanilla, amaretto, milk chocolate, wet earth, bay leaf, allspice, stem, oak Pal: plum, raspberry, tart berry, wet earth, leather, cinnamon, bay leaf, allspice, chalk, iron, milk chocolate, touch swine, forest, oak, some complexity Feel: medium, silky, tart, acidic Finish: long TC9 (perhaps a little tight, could be a 10?)
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Opened after 30-60 minutes of air and kept getting better all evening. Beautiful sweet fruit is showing from underneath strong minerality. Powerful and elegant at the same time. Palate has strong sweet tannins and high acidity that is almost in balance. Just starting to drink well and I expect it has a long life ahead.
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Surprisingly dense, more for the appellation than the vintage, which should always be expected to offer more! more! more! Still a dark ruby color, nose expressive of kirsch-soaked cherries, iron, blood, and other stuff more typically associated at least in my mind with the Cote de Nuits. As such, it's moving on to secondary characteristics without at all seeming "old." There's plenty of ripe red fruit in the mouth with nearly buzzing acidity, grippy tannins, and perceptible sweet fruit on the long finish. Imagine it will just keep improving given the persistence of key components.
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the 91 pts i gave this is a blend of 93 and 89... on the pnp late night weeknight this was very fine with a lovely sweetness balancing good acidity and great minerals / spice, this wine had that textured mouthfeel that sometimes goes with the cinnamon / red fruit combo... i was ecstatic and even went online to begin to source some more bottles... then on nights two and three - to my surprise - the wine was clunky and disjointed and disappointing... go figure!?!
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Way too warm and poured straight after opening so I hope this is unrepresentative of the wine if served with more care. Seems much too young. The oak is very prominent at present and although there is masses of fruit there, the wine as a whole is currently disjointed. Not much fun.
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apparently there must have been something wrong with my last bottle because this one was very serious. Transparent, structured, light body with dark fresh fruit. Closed! Wait...
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withholding rating until i drink over several nights, but this is fantastic right out of the bottle, light on its feet and airy, but also has real depth of flavor, nose is all about roses / floral with a touch of sandelwood, palate is red fruited and delicate, also with a touch of sweetness and a touch of spice, GREAT mouthfeel with bright acidity and those dusty tannins that give velvet texture... WOW on night one... update - not sure this was as good on night two and three frankly... will give this a 91 pts but felt a bit higher when first opened it, wonder if this needs another five years?... probably
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This is really fine. Nose still tight, earthy. Taste cherry and raspberry, full and intense, with loads of minerals, soft earthy mushroom tones and some round tannins, giving a wondefull mouthfeel. Also clearly acidic, this is however well buffered by the fruit and minerals. Long finish.
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Garnet-on th epaler side. Nose of cherries and spices. Taste was spices and cherries, but with substantial acidity that marred the wine. Perhaps in 20 years it will drink better.
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A great Volnay that truly showcases the beauty of the '05 burgs. Sweet red cherry and strawberry fruit that develops a spicy and mineral backbone after an hour or so of air. Very good and should age well.
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Third time I've had the '05 Champans. This time from 375 ml. Rather reluctant aromas of cherry fruit and faint spices. On the palate, rather structured, with notes of dried red fruits, licorice and spice. Fine underlying acidity. This needs time, but should be a very elegant Volnay when it finally unlocks and softens in, say, 6-8 years. Impressive but tight at the moment.
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Brilliant deep ruby red. Vibrant, lovely, fresh aromas, blueberry pie, candied rasberry, gardenia, some sweet smelling oak that disapated as the evening wore on. Lightfooted but very energitic, wonderfullly structured with an acidity clean as a bell that carries right on through a fantastic, lengthy finish. Impecably balanced and a great core of gorgeous fruit. This is just great
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Wine Cellar 2005 Burgundy tasting (Wine Cellar): Darker in colour than some, the wine is subtle and shy with a slightly floral, minty note, almost spearmint. Likeable, compelling nose, the entry on the palate is intense with lively fresh acidity, cherry skin texture and filled with black cherry and red plum. Quite a tight structure with good length and that aromatic purity that Volany is famed for. The wine finishes long.
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Incredible nose- violets and pure cherries. The palate is a battle of drinking this way too young and incredibly pure fruit with great texture. It waved back and forth between shut down and great- the energy is such that you can feel it closing in on the wine. I thought of Lolita- I know it's too young, but I can't help myself. The wine knows that its too young, but wants to please anyway.
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53 Lafite (100 Points), 91 Meo Camuzet Cros Parantoux: Clean and crisp nose of tart red cherry. The nose expresses onto the palate with tart notes and a great dose of acidity, certainly structured for the haul. Good raw material with length and a clean finish.
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4/2/2024 - Richard P Howden wrote: 93 Points
Super youthful and full of energy. A little tight at first but 30-45 minutes of breathing really opened it up. Cherry, strawberry, baking spices nose. Sweet fruit. Maybe a hint of mint. Palate classy, mid weight, red fruited. Tannins yes, but crunchy and soft. Med+ or more acid for long well balanced finish. Just added a point to the score. This is really good now and has plenty of positive development ahead. Vollot’s normal austerity balanced by the great fruit and depth of 2005. Best Voillot I’ve had, but the 1999 Champans was close. I guess Voillot excels in this kind of vintage.
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3/29/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:
Opened and poured. Even ruby throughout. Strong wintergreen and earth scents. Light to medium weight. Tart cranberry, high acidity, fennel, real minerality and salinity. After a few hours, slightly sweeter red cherry comes out. This is a lean, energetic 2005 whose backbone derives more from acidity than tannins. It is not yet mature, but I wonder how much more pliancy and flesh it will develop. Excellent now, maybe even better if you gravitate to a more austere style à la d’Angerville.
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1/23/2024 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
A fairly dark colour; initially a little dumb, but it opened up a bit, showing mature, redcurrant/ cherry fruit, a hint of violets and a somewhat lean palate, but quite long on the finish. Elegance rather than power. This still has potential.
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6/30/2023 - ankitmehra Likes this wine: 92 Points
2005 is a vintage I’ve really felt is coming into its own for Volnay. This 1er Cru from Domaine Joseph Voillot is no exception to that. Harvested from Les Champans, an aromatic, balanced nose of red berries, tobacco, chocolate and subtle earthiness draw you in. The palette is bright, packed with tart redcurrants, cherries, subtle minerality and a finish that brings in game. With good acidity and good integration, this is a great, mature Volnay that has really come into its own.
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6/22/2023 - MuddyBoots wrote:
Expressive nose of red fruits and minerality and some gentle earthy notes. Only medium weight. Internally very aromatic on the palate - the favors expand in the mouth with real lift and thrust. Red fruited. Sweet but not too sweet. Well behaved tannin. Perfect fruit-acid-tannin balance. Very good length. Not perhaps the most complex but has the weightless force of presence that distinguishes the best pinot noir. Lighter than I expected for a Champans in 2005. Really good. Approachable now.
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11/7/2022 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
A bright ruby colour; very fresh and lively on the palate, with redcurrant and cherry fruit, medium weight and noticeable acidity. This is good now, but would benefit from several more years in bottle.
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1/15/2022 - rc@ughey wrote: 92 Points
Just starting to emerge from its slumber, this is showing bright, earthy cherries and brambly fruit with a silky texture. Quite satisfying with food but still a bit one-dimensional. Will be better in 5 and better still in 10.
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11/7/2021 - dbkitc wrote: 92 Points
Excellent wine. Red, brick ruby color. Love the nose of red berry fruit, dried orange and black tea. Tactile texture that foreshadows the rather serious and mildly stern palate. Things are still unfolding here. Nice extract. Like it. (92)
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8/2/2021 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
A firm structure, with well delineated fruit and good acidity; in fact, the acidity rather dominates at present and it may need some more time to soften up. Even so, it is now developing secondary flavours. A potentially very good Volnay.
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2/25/2021 - rnellans wrote: 92 Points
Starting to open up. Give it some air. Dark cherries. Good structure.
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1/31/2021 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
Quite a dark colour; fresh, lively, quite pure fruit, elegant and with a firm structure. Attractive now, but should develop more richness and complexity over the next few years. I bought this for current drinking, but it would be better left for a while (like many 2005 Burgundies still).
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1/22/2021 - sbfoote wrote: 91 Points
Leaker. Cork just slid right into the bottle when opened. Dark ruby, floral nose, darker berry fruits with a pronounced stony streak, tannins mostly resolved, good length, missing a little of the depth and texture from the last bottle.
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12/25/2020 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 91 Points
A year on from its last outing!. Pale to mid garnet. A gentle bouquet of sous-Bois, tilled earth, Rainer cherry, Rose Petal and a twist of baking spice. Light to medium-bodied, the entry is brisk but assuaged with succulent red fruit. A crushed or wet crushed rock dynamic comes through on the mid-palate along with those sweeter spices. A poised, deceptively youthful wine in appearance with a purity of flavour - quite bright and crystalline, matched by a long length. I imagine this would have been reasonably acidic in its youth but has come together nicely.
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8/31/2020 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
A bright red colour; well balanced, with intense, very pure, sappy, dark cherry fruit and a little tannin still; well balanced, intense and long. Just about ready but will improve for 5 years and keep for 10.
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8/4/2020 - _water.into.wine_ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright cherries. Suprisingly big and somewhat tight. At 15 years i thought this would be a bit more softer and elegant, but shows how big the 2005 vintage can be. This was delicious though. Would recommend giving this lots of air, or to leave another 5 years. 92pts now but could add points with time. Drank with SJW and MH at Cilantro
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7/15/2020 - La Grappe wrote: 88 Points
Red cherry and raspberry fruit; well structured with some residual tannin; medium weight and elegant. Approachable now, but with scope for further development. Potentially a 90+ wine, given more time.
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6/5/2020 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Electric cherry red. Not deeply colored. A bit simple on first pour (even with a few hours in the open bottle). With time of n the glass, the breed of this wine emerges. The nose bursts with red fruit, violets and anise. A lot of tension remains in the palate but hints a lovely things to come. The fruit is pure and layered. Elements balance nicely. Bright bright bright. This should really hit its stride in a few years and last for ages. Excellent stuff. (93+)
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12/24/2019 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 94 Points
Mid garnet to cherry-red core. Classic sous Bois, intense, aromatic showing red cherry, perhaps more sour red cherry. A lovely softness to the palate entry with aromatic intensity in the mouth. A creamy red cherry compote, not sweet but sumptuously soft texture, flavours of wild strawberry, bing cherry kept together with a tight acidity not letting the wine sag but giving wonderful definition. A delicate, elegant wine with excellent finesse and as the wine finished gave crushed rocks, black plum, more sappy red fruits, some fresh earth notes, with tannins gentle stroking the palate. A fabulous example of a Volnay and the fruit works beautifully especially given the wine is 14 years old!
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11/25/2019 - sbfoote wrote: 92 Points
Really good, sappy red fruit, crushed stones, long and balanced.
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10/19/2019 - drwine2001 wrote: flawed
Primary ruby. Both hard as nails AND corked. Not good.
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11/20/2018 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 91 Points
Dinner at Imperial Treasure with Asparagus gang. Drank from bottle over 2.5 hours.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of fresh red cherries, light garden florals, fresh strawberries, red licorice. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), medium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet fresh red cherries, strawberries, licorice, stony minerality, fresh herbs. Some vegetal earth and black cherries with more air. Long finish.
Very good quality. Elegant. Primary notes dominant at the moment. Real elegance. At first I thought not much depth, but it does show more with air. Needs time. 2005 Burgs generally still charging ahead into the future with lots of life.
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11/20/2018 - asparagus Likes this wine: 91 Points
Plummy, well-integrated wine that blossomed as the night wore on. More on the red fruited specturm, with hints of slightly vegetal notes (which I like). Has the stuffing to age at least a decade more. This is an underrated
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7/26/2018 - Frijole wrote:
dark plum red, medium clarity, amber hue
Nose: plum, raspberry, tart berry, chocolate, vanilla, swine, green pepper, clove, bay leaf, allspice, herbs, tannins, oak
Pal: plum, raspberry, tart berry, leather, wet earth, tobacco, chocolate, iron, chalk, vanilla, green herbs, minerals, silver, green pepper, clove, bay leaf, allspice, black pepper, touch swine, tannins, oak, some complexity
Feel: medium, full, savory, acidic
Finish: long
T9
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5/31/2018 - Burgaddict wrote:
Lovely spicy nose, Vosne like. Taste open, almost velvet red fruit, minerals, medium finish. This 2005 is open for business.
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3/9/2017 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Similar to last tasting but softened structure. Was beautiful and sweet from opening. High toned cherry pits, liquer, balsamic. Sweet steely minerality. At the stage where it will gain more complexity with more age.
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5/20/2016 - Frijole wrote:
medium plum red, medium clarity, slight brickish hue
Nose: plum, raspberry, cinnamon, sandalwood, black pepper, vanilla, amaretto, milk chocolate, wet earth, bay leaf, allspice, stem, oak
Pal: plum, raspberry, tart berry, wet earth, leather, cinnamon, bay leaf, allspice, chalk, iron, milk chocolate, touch swine, forest, oak, some complexity
Feel: medium, silky, tart, acidic
Finish: long
TC9
(perhaps a little tight, could be a 10?)
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12/21/2015 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened after 30-60 minutes of air and kept getting better all evening. Beautiful sweet fruit is showing from underneath strong minerality. Powerful and elegant at the same time. Palate has strong sweet tannins and high acidity that is almost in balance. Just starting to drink well and I expect it has a long life ahead.
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11/27/2015 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Surprisingly dense, more for the appellation than the vintage, which should always be expected to offer more! more! more! Still a dark ruby color, nose expressive of kirsch-soaked cherries, iron, blood, and other stuff more typically associated at least in my mind with the Cote de Nuits. As such, it's moving on to secondary characteristics without at all seeming "old." There's plenty of ripe red fruit in the mouth with nearly buzzing acidity, grippy tannins, and perceptible sweet fruit on the long finish. Imagine it will just keep improving given the persistence of key components.
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10/8/2015 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
the 91 pts i gave this is a blend of 93 and 89... on the pnp late night weeknight this was very fine with a lovely sweetness balancing good acidity and great minerals / spice, this wine had that textured mouthfeel that sometimes goes with the cinnamon / red fruit combo... i was ecstatic and even went online to begin to source some more bottles... then on nights two and three - to my surprise - the wine was clunky and disjointed and disappointing... go figure!?!
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3/14/2014 - strickt01 wrote:
Way too warm and poured straight after opening so I hope this is unrepresentative of the wine if served with more care. Seems much too young. The oak is very prominent at present and although there is masses of fruit there, the wine as a whole is currently disjointed. Not much fun.
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2/25/2014 - Atreyu wrote: 89 Points
apparently there must have been something wrong with my last bottle because this one was very serious. Transparent, structured, light body with dark fresh fruit. Closed! Wait...
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2/25/2013 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
withholding rating until i drink over several nights, but this is fantastic right out of the bottle, light on its feet and airy, but also has real depth of flavor, nose is all about roses / floral with a touch of sandelwood, palate is red fruited and delicate, also with a touch of sweetness and a touch of spice, GREAT mouthfeel with bright acidity and those dusty tannins that give velvet texture... WOW on night one... update - not sure this was as good on night two and three frankly... will give this a 91 pts but felt a bit higher when first opened it, wonder if this needs another five years?... probably
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5/15/2012 - Burgaddict wrote: 92 Points
This is really fine. Nose still tight, earthy. Taste cherry and raspberry, full and intense, with loads of minerals, soft earthy mushroom tones and some round tannins, giving a wondefull mouthfeel. Also clearly acidic, this is however well buffered by the fruit and minerals. Long finish.
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2/5/2011 - Harry Cantrell wrote: 88 Points
Garnet-on th epaler side. Nose of cherries and spices. Taste was spices and cherries, but with substantial acidity that marred the wine. Perhaps in 20 years it will drink better.
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2/3/2011 - Atreyu wrote: 84 Points
Pretty and harmless, with some aniseed flavours. Very 2005. Correct but uninspiring. Closed up with air. Keep for a decade more.
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5/13/2008 - jerhardt wrote: 93 Points
A great Volnay that truly showcases the beauty of the '05 burgs. Sweet red cherry and strawberry fruit that develops a spicy and mineral backbone after an hour or so of air. Very good and should age well.
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11/30/2007 - Ben Andersen wrote:
Third time I've had the '05 Champans. This time from 375 ml. Rather reluctant aromas of cherry fruit and faint spices. On the palate, rather structured, with notes of dried red fruits, licorice and spice. Fine underlying acidity. This needs time, but should be a very elegant Volnay when it finally unlocks and softens in, say, 6-8 years. Impressive but tight at the moment.
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10/14/2007 - antiwood wrote:
Brilliant deep ruby red. Vibrant, lovely, fresh aromas, blueberry pie, candied rasberry, gardenia, some sweet smelling oak that disapated as the evening wore on. Lightfooted but very energitic, wonderfullly structured with an acidity clean as a bell that carries right on through a fantastic, lengthy finish. Impecably balanced and a great core of gorgeous fruit. This is just great
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10/10/2007 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wine Cellar 2005 Burgundy tasting (Wine Cellar): Darker in colour than some, the wine is subtle and shy with a slightly floral, minty note, almost spearmint. Likeable, compelling nose, the entry on the palate is intense with lively fresh acidity, cherry skin texture and filled with black cherry and red plum. Quite a tight structure with good length and that aromatic purity that Volany is famed for. The wine finishes long.
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9/23/2007 - winenutnyc wrote:
Incredible nose- violets and pure cherries. The palate is a battle of drinking this way too young and incredibly pure fruit with great texture. It waved back and forth between shut down and great- the energy is such that you can feel it closing in on the wine.
I thought of Lolita- I know it's too young, but I can't help myself. The wine knows that its too young, but wants to please anyway.
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6/13/2007 - jamiekutch wrote:
53 Lafite (100 Points), 91 Meo Camuzet Cros Parantoux: Clean and crisp nose of tart red cherry. The nose expresses onto the palate with tart notes and a great dose of acidity, certainly structured for the haul. Good raw material with length and a clean finish.
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