Domaine Y. Clerget, Volnay Premier Cru, Les Mitans

Dark ruby color. Cool smooth, very parfume like, violet and ripe black-red fruits scent. The scents keep changing from ripe to more honey-like fruits and flowers over almost three hours relentlessly. No earthy elements whatsoever are detectd. Spice red fruit and sweet violets bomb one’s olfactory sensory completely after this wine enter his/her mouth. The luscious spice honey lemon and very fine cool tannin also grip one palate firmly few seconds after the fruits bomb. Long long spice ripe black …

Consumed over two days. Inky, dark color. Initially the nose is somewhat closed with restrained stone fruits, dried earth and clay, with time and one day two in particular more nuanced and riper berry fruit comes though with spice and a more typical Volnay fragrance. The palate is still quite tight and with hard edges. Leans more Gevrey, with crushed rock, and green veg at this point. Touches of violet on the back palate. Overall a bit disjointed at this …

Burgundy, Day 1 (Beaune, France) : Barrel sample. Quite juicy with lots of red fruit, particularly cherries. Perhaps a touch candied but otherwise very bright and cheery.

Domaine Tasting at Y Clerget (Pommard) : Round, rich and powerful red fruits are fresh and well balanced. Good floral notes in the long finish. 90-92

50% new oak. 50% whole cluster. An aromatic bouquet of juicy red fruits, deeply laced spices and ripe stems. Floral with a dense layer of red fruits and earth. Structured and intense with good density. (86-87/100)