2011 Volnay Santenots
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Moderately saturated medium red. Cherry, milk chocolate and a whiff of iron on the rather wild nose. Displays Cote de Nuits-like complexity in the mouth, with spicy red and black fruit flavors complicated by mineral and smoky nuances. Rich and creamy but with excellent energy too. Finishes quite suave, with superb breadth and a light touch to its tannins. Quite thick for a 2011. A real cold-weather style, for enjoying with game birds.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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No whole bunch. Dark crimson. Rich and exciting and dancing. Great drive and energy. Really dances, this wine. Long. GV (JR)
(from 2.1 hectares of vines in Santenots du Bas; aged in 25% new heavy-toast Francois Freres barrels; completely destemmed and very lightly punched down during fermentation): Good bright red. Musky aromas of red fruits, tobacco, cocoa powder and underbrush. Rich and full, but with no shortage of energy to the fruit-driven strawberry and raspberry flavors. Very good volume here, and plenty of medicinal reserve on the juicy, palate-staining finish. These grapes have enough tannins to vinify without their stems, noted Rossignol, who carried out two separate vinifications and told me he'd like to do four in the future, before assembling the components for bottling.
There is a hint of green tea and crushed herb to the beautifully well-layered nose of primarily red berry fruit aromas that are laced with both earth and spice hints. The powerful, concentrated and quite serious medium weight flavors also exude a fine minerality before terminating in an equally complex, driving and very firm finish. This too is a relatively big wine and will likewise require a solid decade of cellar time to realize its full potential. Tasted: Apr 15, 2013. Drink: 2021+