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Patrick Landanger began harvesting on September 22, which he admitted was late for Volnay. "I can correct for rot and acidity but I can't correct a lack of maturity," he explained. He looks for 12.8% natural alcohol and eliminated 7% or 8% of the fruit on his sorting table. Landanger noted that he bought a special machine prior to the 2011 harvest to eliminate insects after the fruit has been sorted on the table de trie. "This machine never gets sick or tired," he noted, adding that he was the first in the region to have one. According to Landanger, Vincent Girardin has purchased the same device, and Jadot now has one as well.As is usually the case here, the wines were in tank by the time of my November visit, and Landanger hoped to bottle them unfiltered, "except for the bottom of each tank." Landanger carried out a six-day cold maceration in 2012, did two to four pigeages per day, plus one remontage and a delestage. But the raw material was quite powerful (the estate-wide yield was barely 14 hectoliters per hectare, according to Landanger), and the wines in most cases do not appear to be overextracted. Landanger, who has consistently told me that he enjoys drinking his red Burgundies on the young side, is confident that this vintage has the structure and acidity for long aging. He uses roughly 30% new oak across the board. (A Peter Vezan selection; imported by North Berkeley Imports, www.northberkeleyimports.com; Ideal Wine & Spirits, www.idealwine.us; Craft+Estate/The Vintner Group, www.craftandestate.com; also imported by Langdon-Shiverick, www.shiverick.com)

From 2012 Red Burgundies (Jan 2014) by Stephen Tanzer

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2012 Volnay Clos Des 60 Ouvrees

Color: Red

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