Poured into a wide-bottom decanter for 2 hrs before drinking. Just completely shut down: giving essentially nothing on the nose. Hints of rose and red fruit with some green notes in the background. On the palate, much more expressive with lots of cranberry and strawberry. Rather dark with what seem like bitter woody notes. Leads into bitter woody notes on the finish. Will try again tomorrow, but if this bottle is representative meh..
Ok, so I was pouring this back in the bottle to put it away, and this intense scent wafts from the funnel...like candied strawberry and raspberry, mixed with some herbs. So I poured myself a sip. Amazing what a difference 5 hrs makes. By contrast, seems slightly muted on the palate now.
Day 2: sat on the counter unrefrigerated overnight. Much more open, but still a fair amount of woody bitterness on the palate. Better today, but still somewhat meh.
Poured into a wide-bottom decanter for 2 hrs before drinking. Just completely shut down: giving essentially nothing on the nose. Hints of rose and red fruit with some green notes in the background. On the palate, much more expressive with lots of cranberry and strawberry. Rather dark with what seem like bitter woody notes. Leads into bitter woody notes on the finish. Will try again tomorrow, but if this bottle is representative meh..
Ok, so I was pouring this back in the bottle to put it away, and this intense scent wafts from the funnel...like candied strawberry and raspberry, mixed with some herbs. So I poured myself a sip. Amazing what a difference 5 hrs makes. By contrast, seems slightly muted on the palate now.
Day 2: sat on the counter unrefrigerated overnight. Much more open, but still a fair amount of woody bitterness on the palate. Better today, but still somewhat meh.
Nov 27th, 2017
Volnay, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
