by Mark S » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:19 am
Okay, maybe not quite. How about green Lafarge and duck instead? Michel Lafarge, Volnay, 'Clos du Chateau des Ducs', 2004 was all full of green-ness, which I had been prepared for from reading the interweb. Even my wife, who does not pay attention to wine at all said 'this doesn't taste like Burgundy', and I would have to agree with her. The color is pale with some browning notes already, this is a tough tannic shell of a wine with some cherry-strawberry hiding in the closet, but it doesn't want to come out and play, being buried by the tannic shroud and covered by the offensive and prevalent green notes that stick to it like seaweed. This is some nasty shit and glad I bought this on closeout and only have one bottle of it. All this being said, however, it isn't an altogether terrible match with the roasted duck, and I didn't need to pour it out either. I have a strong tolerance for greenness, so I pretended I was having an off-year Loire cot or cab franc.
