2009 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets

Community Tasting Notes (15) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  3/9/2021 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Opened 2 hours before drinking. Clear light ruby. This wine confused the hell out of me compared to a much more straightforward, high quality bottle about a year ago. What is definitely has are a gorgeous, sappy feel, rich black cherry fruit, and excellent acidity for the year. I went back and forth about whether it was corked versus just having the dry earthiness and funk that Lafarge wines sometimes have. In the end, I am coming down on the side of lower level TCA, but most of the bottle will sit overnight to see which way it goes.
  
  I was dead wrong about this last night. After 24 hours in the recorked bottle, no hint of taint at all. The fruit is even sappier, there is more cool mintiness, and the underlying minerality and drying tannins are much more obvious. Glad I didn't give up on it and pour it down the drain!

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  8/20/2020 - tinybubbles Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Austere and well-structured for an '09, this requires significant time to develop.

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  8/5/2020 - Mazy Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Volnay 1er cru 2009: Un nez d’abord discret, avec des notes légèrement animales puis fruitées avec l’aération. Plus de tannins que le précédent (Clos du Château des Ducs), ceux-ce se sont quand même assagis avec le temps. Un peu d’amertume en bouche, qui se dissipe avec le temps. Une finale un peu plus épicé et tendue que le 1er. Très bon.

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  3/6/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points

  La Paulée de New York - The Verticals (Eventi Hotel - New York NY): Walk around tasting, in 12/11/09 vertical. Clearly very ripe and rich, but also clearly maintaining the acidity to be bright and very fresh. Floral hints and lots of spice provide good support with complex hints in the near background. Also just barely entering its peak drinking window, this will have a great, long life.

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  3/6/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:

  The Verticals Tasting at 2020 La Paulée de New York (Eventi Hotel, New York): Clearly riper than the the 2012, but still excellent acidity and sense of lightness with a lovely soil finish. I got much more from these Lafarge wines than I have on other occasions.

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