
Volnay, Clos des Ducs, 1er Cru, 2014
“I’m really very pleased with this wine – I think it will be a Clos de Ducs to remember” Guillaume told us. Certainly all signs point to a brilliant Clos de Ducs as highly complex fluid fruit notes combine with fine spice and an aromatic breadth that is entirely its own. A brooding sense of mystery always accompanies Clos de Ducs, a very particular aromatic complexity and an impression of generosity allied to powerful structure. There is fantastic persistence here – a stunning Clos de Ducs. Fortunately this was one part of Volnay that hail did not touch, yields are never deent here but are at least a little more generous than the previous two vintages.
critic reviews
Medium red, the lightest of these 2014s. Reticent but highly nuanced nose offers aromas of redcurrant, dark raspberry, milk chocolate, earth and animal fur, plus a riper suggestion of prune (this fruit was picked at 13% potential alcohol). Wonderfully silky and ripe; large-scaled and round for 2014 but not at all heavy. Not as primary as the extraordinary 2015 but the wine's wonderfully refined, thoroughly ripe, late-arriving tannins will require considerable patience.
The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Ducs has a very complex and introverted, but captivating bouquet that draws you in, full of blackberry, briary, cold limestone and just a hint of baking powder in the background lending sweetness. The palate is sensual on the entry. There is roundness and depth here, coupled with very good substance, a hint of white pepper perhaps, and as always, with immense precision on the finish. There is nothing flamboyant here -- just a very aristocratic Volnay for long term aging.
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