{"product_id":"domaine-yvon-clerget-volnay-2023","title":"Domaine Yvon Clerget Volnay 2023","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"w-full md:w-1\/5 md:mr-4 space-y-1 lg:space-y-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-score-paywall\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-bold text-red text-3xl\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(90-92) pts Vinous\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eDrinking Window 2026 - 2038\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThe 2023 Volnay Village comes from two plots, the fruit destemmed with 10% new oak. This has a fragrant bouquet of finely delineated raspberry, bergamot and light rose petal scents. Raspberry and crushed strawberry fruit frame the medium-bodied palate, with a slightly chalky tannic structure and a fresh, quite detailed finish. Lovely. - By\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNeal Martin\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNovember 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"w-full\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThibault Clerget hosted my tasting on the second floor tasting room in Pommard. Over the last decade, he has become one of the leading exponents of wines from Volnay and Pommard (as an aside, sadly, a 1961 Pommard Rugiens made by his grandfather was out of condition at a private dinner that same week, though I have on good authority that ancient bottles can be sublime.) In recent years he has expanded his holdings, constructed a smart new winery and is now applying\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eéchelas\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(stakes) in some of his vineyards. On this occasion, we did not taste the whites as they had just been filtered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I did not do a green harvest as I do a strong de-budding,” he tells me. “Also, we do strict sorting at reception. Yields were around 30 hl\/ha. If you cropped higher then you risk losing some balance and brightness. We started picking on September 6. I prefer to pick early as the alcohol increases one degree in a week. Temperatures were very high during the picking, so I assumed they would be tannic. It was vital to keep the freshness and the acidity. The wines were racked a month ago and we will bottle in February or March. The highest alcohol level is 13.8%. I like challenging vintages. I think the vintage was better than in 2021 and 2023 may last longer than 2022.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the best portfolios that I have tasted from Clerget – a deeply impressive set amongst the finest encountered in the Côte de Beaune. There is certainly none of the excessive tannins that he feared – quite the opposite. You get the sense that he relished the challenge, and that the purity and finesse nearly all his wines exude actually means that yes, they do surpass the previous vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Red Burgundy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42560358908038,"sku":"KS-clerget-23","price":94.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/0338\/0543\/files\/YvonnClergetVolnay.png?v=1763764858","url":"https:\/\/www.winesolutions.com\/products\/domaine-yvon-clerget-volnay-2023","provider":"Wine Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}