Louis Boillot, Volnay Grands Poisots Size:6x1.5L

Louis Boillot, Volnay Grands Poisots Size:6x1.5LModerate reduction has the upper hand versus the fruit today. More interesting are the brooding and relatively tightly wound medium weight flavors that possess good mid palate density and a succulent mouthfeel before concluding in a powerful if mildly rustic finish. This isnt elegant but its still quite good. (88 91) 2025+

delivering powerful mineral thrust and persistent floral and smoky mineral notes that cling to the strikingly long finish

despite a year in which what von Schubert described as nature’s eventual “turbo-autumn” was preceded by severe hail and an unprecedented tornado that felled 200-year-old trees and a portion of the vineyard walls – to say nothing of the toll it took on vines

with yellow-brown sands mingled with a little more clay

intense and lightly mineral-driven flavors that possess better depth if less mid-palate concentration than would be necessary to propel this to the next level

It is the kind of wine with so much energy it practically does pirouettes on your palate

the Les Pavots vineyard is located in the oldest of the estate-owned sites

Lafarge explained that this was made from fruit that was destemmed by hand using what the Burgundians call a claie en osier

The mineral-driven and highly energetic medium-bodied flavors possess solid mid-palate volume before terminating in a firm and youthfully austere finale

(also from 60 to 70 year old vines)

Powerful but not overly full in the mouth

Adelaide Hills

with notes of blackcurrant and spices (black pepper)