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Volnay VV, Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley 2016

RegionBurgundy
Subregion France > Burgundy > Côte de Beaune > Volnay
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyPinot Noir

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Tasting Notes

This too is sufficiently reduced to render the nose difficult to read today. There is fine concentration to the delicious and sleek middle weight flavors that possess equally good punch and energy before terminating in a solidly complex and persistent finale. This isn't especially refined but it does possess good underlying material. Drink: 2022+ Note: from 40+ year old vines situated by order of importance in Les Pluchots, Les Famines and La Gigotte

88/91
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (70), April 2018

The 2016 Volnay Vieilles Vignes spent 12 months in oak before transferring into vat. It has a tightly controlled, slightly introspective bouquet at first, gradually opening to reveal blackberry, raspberry and light oyster shell aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannin, full of energy and tension with real precision toward the vivid and quite compelling finish. There is real terroir expression here, and it should age well over the next 10 to 16 years.

90/92
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate (234), December 2017
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