2002 Domaine Y. Clerget Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Verseuil

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  12/5/2020 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points

  Medium dark red color with a 7mm transition and 3mm clear edge. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 2.5 hours. The nose is well spiced with Christmas spices, rose petals, red berries and leather. The palate is medium bodied, dried earth, sous bois, red cherry, fine integrated tannins, good acidity, on a lingering building finish. This did improve over the first hour. I think there's some time left here. Will check in the next day and update if warranted.

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  4/17/2020 - chablis28 wrote: 95 Points

  Far better still than last btl 18 months ago and now, a full on head turner! Test sips found it a bit lean so slow oxed in btl and Burg glasses for 2 hours prior to dinner. Wow, has this improved! Fullly mature and surprisingly complex and layered vs previous btls. Semi translucent brick red color with further color loss on the edges. Light sediment did not require clearing. Enveloping aromas of faded red fruit, spice and autumn leaves. Gorgeously resolved with placid rainier cherry, red raspberry, damp minerally underbrush, mushroom and spices. Poured a shot glass's worth left over in Nita's glass into mine. Do not waste a drop! Dang it, my last btl! 13% alc. What a bargain this was for the $36 I paid for it.

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  6/6/2019 - andtheodor wrote: 93 Points

  Served double blind. Musty and mushroomy at first, this fanned out to show dried orange peel, herbal tea, walnuts, wrapped in great acidity. Succulent, silky, mature, finished up with a savory rust/dried blood note. I immediately said, "this can only be one thing - Tondonia from the 80s."
  
  Hilariously wrong, but a great endorsement for this fully mature burg which taste much older and prestigious than it is.

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  3/27/2019 - beachbum wrote:

  edulis. ii did the job. picked it not knowing what we were eating. and it paired with fish and a beef dish. i must say the fruit is fading a touch and this bottle did not have the verve if others... based on this i don’t see upside on the 02... an 05 recently was the opposite

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  11/3/2018 - chablis28 wrote: 91 Points

  Don't think this has significantly changed since my previous btl in June 2014.Seems to be riding a plateau and unlikely to improve much. No rush to drink this but I doubt extra years will add much. PnP test Burg glass and slow ox the btl 90 minutes prior to dinner. A very nice representative of mature, ready to drink,Volnay but this will never be a head turner, IMO. Semi translucent red color with some bricking. Perfuse aromas of fading red fruit, spice and underbrush. Underbrush is complimented by aging tart red fruit, cinnamon, minerality and mushroom. A very enjoyable bottle. One left. Might roll the dice and wait till 2022 for its 20th but more likely I drink in a year or two and clear some valuable cabinet space for newly acquired higher achievers. 90-91

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