Domaine de Montille
Volnay, Taillepieds, 1er Cru, 2005
justerini & brooks tasting note
Sensational, a fabulous array of wild fruit - blackberries, damson, cherries, harnessed by powerful but velvety fruit tannins, finishing on complex, deep mineral nuances. Intense, imposing but nothing out of place.
critic reviews
90/100Neal Martin,Vinous
The 2005 Volnay Les Taillepieds 1er Cru has quite the herbal nose, the whole-bunch element quite conspicuous. A light aroma of pencil shavings comes through with time. The palate is medium-bodied and well defined, again, the stems are a bit too vocal for my liking and not as assimilated into the wine as they should be. Just a dab of white pepper surfaces on the finish. Not bad overall, just compromised by too much whole-bunch. Tasted at the Sanglier dinner in Burgundy.
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date of review 06/2025