1993 Dom. Jean-Marc Bouley Volnay, Les Caillerets
One of the major wine pundits remarked once that the fruit in most of the 1993 Burgundies would fade before the tannins melted away. Well, he was right and that is just fine with me since I've not been a "gobs of fruit" kinda guy for some years now. When I first poured this I was about to give up on it as the color was more rusty than I would have anticipated and the first sip was quite harsh/bitter. I was about to make it drain food when NJ urged some patience. It took all of about 5 minutes for the wine to do a 180.
True that the fruit has faded into sour cherry notes with a surprising hint of what NJ and I finally decided was a hint of refreshing spearmint. A bit of funky earth/mushrooms/underbrush. The tannins and firm acids provide plenty of structure. Excellent match with grilled salmon.
The bottle had the original $14.95 price sticker but I think I paid less at some sort of bargain bin foray.
What else is there to say. Yum.