1979 Hubert de Montille Volnay 1er Cru

A couple of weeks ago a friend asked if he should pick up this wine for $80, I was shocked to see the vintage and producer and said hell yeah!

This was the oldest Burgundy either of us has had the opportunity to enjoy and this bottle was a real experience. Obviously at full matured and I would say over that a bit it none the less had a crazy amount of acidity that was holding what remained together; decaying leaves, sous bois and dried figs aromatically the palate was similar but underneath the aged notes there was a really faint but none the less still present strawberry.

What truly surprised us about the wine was that over the course of 2-3hours it actually opened up and became more pleasurable. Perhaps that was us acclimating to the wine but this was an awesome experience!