La Pousse d'Or Volnay 1er Cru Clos de la Bousse d'Or

Dull ruby. Sweet dark red fruit aromas. Middle weight with light sap. Beautiful plum and cherry, wood spice, very good acidity, round broad tannins. Not the most detailed Volnay but drinking very well now.

2010 vintage

Over the top.

2010 vintage

Blind tasted in a 4v4 Burg-Sonoma event. Classic Volnay, elegant, silky tannin, balanced and well structured, earthy, forest floor, light red color, this is one of the best examples if one want to learn Volnay.

2010 vintage

My third bottle of the case and very much like before. This wine is still in a very primary phase. We had a long slow dinner and over that time the wine kept opening up, gaining strength and evolving. Big bold wine that strength is right up front. So as we had another Burgundy open of the same vintage, we let it sit. I kept going back to it and could see its evolution happening right in front of us. …

2010 vintage

Maturing. Delicious. Sour cherry. Aged oak. Wild herbs tied to a vanilla bean. Silky palate. Still fresh. Wonderfully chunky palate. Not the most elegant burgundy yet it is still beautiful. Nice match with blackened tuna steaks. Presence, purity and power. Nice combo. These guys knocked it out of the park in 2009 and 2010. (92)

2010 vintage

Perfect cork which is barely saturated. The sweet smell emanates from the bottle as the cork is pulled. Slow oxed for 5 hours. Then into a decanter where the wine is so dark you would think that it was just bottled. The nose is screaming sweet fruit, purple plumbs, candied cherries and some orange peel. Great balance but it’s still very primary. This is the first bottle out of my case and I think it needs more time on its …

2010 vintage

Opened for 2+ hours before tasting. This is in a good place Lovely nose , good complexity and pleasing finish. Very good

2010 vintage

Ruby. Forward aromas of plummy fruit and wood spice. Medium weight, fairly succulent. Modern feel, lightly oaky background. Tasty but not much sense of place.

2010 vintage

First bottle of this and I thought it was drinking really well - lovely fruit, acidity.

2010 vintage

And another total winner with this bottle, unfortunately it might be my last. This is in the zone from my perspective (I like my Burgs a little bit on the younger side when there is still some fruit there and the tertiary aromatics are kicking in. Super fresh, elegant, silky and layered. This is showing notes of sweet and sour red and dark berries, graphite, licorice, sweet spices, minty notes and also some notes of candied violets, there is also …

2010 vintage

Certainly well-made with linearity and spices but just too taut at present to get a full benefit of that. Will not be opening another of these for at least two years.

2010 vintage

(17/20) Outstanding Volnay from a monopole vineyard of this winemaker. Quite oaky but very balanced and very well-integrated. Concentrated wine. Aged in oak barrels for 18 months (30% new oak). Medium+ intense aromas of red cherry, wild strawberry, blackberry, cranberry, toast, cold coffee, graphite, liquorice wood. Dry wine, high acidity, medium- and slightly drying tannins, medium- body, pronounced flavour intensity, long finish. 13% ABV - Bourgogne tasting @ Jan de Wijnman

2010 vintage

Rose petals, musty forest floor and violets on the nose. Cherry and red fruit, medium but substantial weight, nice acidity and balance with fine tannins on the long finish.

2010 vintage

Continues to be very tight at open. After a double decant starts to open up after an hour and continued to open up until it was gone 2 hours in. It did not last because it became a great companion to a roast chicken meal, lovely fruit, nice nose, savory palate, flower notes and some earth. This has years left, as others have said give it a lot of air and it is excellent now.

2010 vintage

This is a tightly wound ball of energy. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to decant it as I know it would have benefited from at least an hour of ox. Nevertheless, this is a finely tuned wine that will only get better with 3-5 more years in the cellar. It paired nicely with a mushroom risotto. Hold.

2010 vintage

Fruktig som en Chambolle og et godt eksempel på at Volany er cote de beaune sitt svar på Chambolle

2010 vintage

Agree with Dibbs below. Still primary and in need of another 5 years in the cellar. Opened my bottle at 4:30; still evolving at 10:00 pm. Hold or long slow ox/decant.

2010 vintage

A bit too young for my palate. The tannins are still there but it has entered its early drinking phase. It is still primary but beautifully integrated. Called it Volnay Premier Cru with at least 10 years of age on my second sip. This would need another 5 years to develop more mid-palate weight and secondary flavors and then I can see this score climbing to 94/95. Very good wine.

2010 vintage

Casual dinner : Opened at lunchtime for dinner. The opening pour was fun and playful with red juicy fruit but by dinnertime it turned darker and more serious. Usually I am not a fan of darker fruits in Burgundy but this was beautifully restrained, even though there was a mocha element, it still retained a wonderful tension and acidity that didn’t make the fruit seem over the top. Wish I have more 2010s.

2010 vintage

Very drinkable Burgundy. Mostly red fruit with a touch of earth. I’ve had this and the other bottles of this wine for several years and I’m glad I waited. Drinking beautifully now and I’m confident will continue to do so for 3-5 years and possibly longer.

2010 vintage

Garnet red, showing some maturity in the glass Rich nose of red fruits, particularly strawberry (jam) accompanied by some spices The red fruits are dominant also on the palate, good length Approaching full maturity definitely within the drinking window now

2010 vintage

Lovely bottle, drinking very well after some air. Expressive fruit, excellent balance. Dark fruits, some leather, mineral notes. Savory. Nice medium length finish. Worked very well with food, had a bit of a clipped note when on its own, but still tasty. Excellent wine, time left.

2010 vintage

Opened two hours before dinner. Good nose with sour cherries and perfume. A tad of alcohol which worn down with more time in the glass. Probably can keep for another 5 years. At the start of drinking window with good balance.

2010 vintage

Might have been an off bottle or just closed down.

2010 vintage

Dense and powerful with wild berries, oak and graphite. Certainly young but approachable.

2010 vintage

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