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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
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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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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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 …
On my November trip to Burgundy I had the pleasure to visit Domaine Dublère and taste the 2013s. A little background - Domaine Dublère was founded in 2003 by the American journalist Blair Pethel. The first vintage was 2004, and the domaine has since then gradually expanded the production and …
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The Volney Les Pitures from Dublére is a lovely delicate and transparent effort.The nose is showing lovely detailed red berry fruit - red cherries, hints of strawberries and raspberries - spiced with a stony minerality. On the palate airy and medium weight - very precise and defined - with a lovely …
[Read more...] about Domaine Dublére, Volnay Les Pitures 2010
