Next up is Volnay. Village-level from Giroud. This bottle makes me amazed at how the color of wine from the same grape can vary so much between nearby villages. This wine is bright red (like diluted oxygenized blood) and although the nose is full of typical PN notes of warm strawberries and raspberries, some forest and stable aromas, and new oak - it has de/light/ful freshness and flowery perfumed scent and aftertaste. Tannins are silky and small and acid level skyhigh and fresh. Perhaps a little too much oak for my taste but a very nice experience. The wine complemented quite well the assortment of italian sausages and kaltbach cheese. Freddy Kempf -- on a long Steinway sounding off Busoni's arrangement of Bach's Chaconne -- tied the knot of a perfect cellar moment. Cheers!
Next up is Volnay. Village-level from Giroud. This bottle makes me amazed at how the color of wine from the same grape can vary so much between nearby villages. This wine is bright red (like diluted oxygenized blood) and although the nose is full of typical PN notes of warm strawberries and raspberries, some forest and stable aromas, and new oak - it has de/light/ful freshness and flowery perfumed scent and aftertaste. Tannins are silky and small and acid level skyhigh and fresh. Perhaps a little too much oak for my taste but a very nice experience. The wine complemented quite well the assortment of italian sausages and kaltbach cheese. Freddy Kempf -- on a long Steinway sounding off Busoni's arrangement of Bach's Chaconne -- tied the knot of a perfect cellar moment. Cheers!
Dec 11th, 2015
Given my love for pinots, I have been exploring Burgundy. Very different from American Pinot. Astringent at outset with some barnyard but dark fruit. Opened up after 2 hours astringency gone dark fruit forward. The French make really good wine!!
Given my love for pinots, I have been exploring Burgundy. Very different from American Pinot. Astringent at outset with some barnyard but dark fruit. Opened up after 2 hours astringency gone dark fruit forward. The French make really good wine!!
Dec 7th, 2016
Very nice. A hint of wood after some air. Pretty heavy still, of plums and cherry - for a pinot. Birch?
Very nice. A hint of wood after some air. Pretty heavy still, of plums and cherry - for a pinot. Birch?
Aug 20th, 2015
Volnay, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
