2005 Nicolas Potel Volnay 1er Cru Champans

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 90.6 points

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  9/6/2021 - clarktoews Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very very smooth. Nose somewhat muted but still had some lively fruit notes. Finish was a bit short but enjoyable

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  4/15/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Opened 2 hours earlier. Beautiful deep ruby core without much lightening. Deflating green, resiny aromas. Medium weight, black cherry/blackberry fruit, excellent acidity, but the wine is defined by astringent wood tannins. It appears to have good underlying material, but I always have a strong negative visceral reaction when Volnay is vinified in this manner, which renders it neither delicate nor delicious. If I wanted this much pine, I would have opened a bottle of La Rioja Alta.
  
  To be fair, by the second night, the wood had receded and the sappy dark red fruit had taken a step forward so that the balance between the two was better. It was still a big, bold wine, which for me is weird for Volnay.

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  7/1/2020 - clarktoews wrote: 89 Points

  decent nose here and colour was fine. very austere and somewhat tannic. drank over 2hrs and never softened up

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  1/30/2019 - lesz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  we all liked.

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  3/7/2018 - jsebiri wrote:

  Off-putting burnt nose , sweet tasting Pinot , the nose needs to blow off . Had 2 glasses over 3 hours , wine improved , nose only slightly . 2 days later this wine continued to taste sweeter , the nose didn’t get worse but stayed where it was that was , the flaw .

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