The Volnay is a step up in delicay from the Pommard ... a deligtful glass of pinot. The nose is offering fine and airy red fruits - expressive and spiced with cinnamon and all spice. On the palate fine and cool organic fruit - delicate and refined but very forward and expressive due to the change in …
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Visit: Chantereves … tasting of the 2014s
On my November trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure to revisit Chantereves- one of the rising stars within the world of micro negociants. Tomoko explaining the new style of the reds Chantereves, Savigny, Rhingau and Japan Chantereves is a small negociant located in a celler below a modern …
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Domaine Dublère, Volnay Taillipeids 2013
The Volnay Taillipeids is a step up in minerality and concentration. In the bouquet layers of cool vibrant pinot fruit ... with notes of dark cherries, boysenberries ... brought forward by the powerful minerality. On the palate a lovely tension between the deep and quite weighty fruit and the …
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Domaine Dublère, Volnay Les Pitures 2013
The Volnay Les Pitures 2012 from Dublere is a quite serious wine - and a classic Volnay in the making. In the bouquet deep and quite dark fruit - spiced with red berries and a crunchy minerality. On the palate quite weighty fruit - very good transparancy and display of terroir. Will most likely …
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Domaine Michel Lafarge, Volnay 1999
The Volnay 1999 from Michel Lafarge is a very rustic and rather disappointing effort. In the nose cherries, tar and few hints of sous-bois - rough and not 100% clean. On the palate edgy and rustic with some dusty tannins and a openly knit slightly fading fruit. Not very enjoyable ... very old school …