1er Cru Volnay Taillepeds Costs $60-$260. I Have Remarkable Micro Production (300 Bottles) for $49.99 - LIMITED LIST

 2017 Laurent Boussey Volnay 1er Cru "Taillepieds"

 - 900 Bottles Made

 - 75+ Year Old Vines

 - Nose: Slamming, Complex, Layered 

 - Cherries, Minerals, Flowers, Earth

 - Superb Mineral Depth

 - Palate: Achingly Beautiful 

 - Cherries, Minerals, Sap

 - So Elegant and Beautiful

 - This Should Cost At Least Cost Double this Price (2014 is $68 at Garnett in NYC via 3-Tier)

 - Perhaps Best Value in Elite 1er cru "A Tier Vineyard" Volnay

 - You Cannot Find any Decent Taillepieds Under $90

 - Only 60 bottles

I'll be brief as this is going to disappear quickly.

You are getting

- an A Tier 1er Cru Vineyard

- from a great producer

- for the price of Negociant Volnay Village wine. 

And Volnay prices are going to skyrocket as 2020 and 2021 are both short vintages.  

They are stunningly fruited wines with insane transparency, site character and top notch finesse. They have an accessible charm to them (as is the case with many 19s) but will and can age. From his anything but basic village wines to his top notch 1er Crus you cannot beat this pricing. This is what happens when you have a producer on the up and up with a DTC model. These are the epitome of classic Old school Burgundies but also have stunning clarity of fruit as well which is one thing I've always noticed when a father takes over from a son in Burgundy. The fruit gets clearer and a bit more slick and accessible as I did taste some of Laurent's father's wines and the fruit was decidedly more old school and a bit less clear. Same thing just happened at Pierrick Bouley. Anyway, these are shimmering beauties and just jump out of the glass and charm you. I am very happy with Laurent and his 19’s were his “take the leap” vintage. The 201’7 of Laurent Boussey were the pinnacle of his winemaking since I started working with him and he was very proud of then. 

Up today I have Laurent's best red and it is very allocated. It is also very, very stunning. The 2017 Laurent Boussey Volnay 1er Cru "Taillpieds" for $49.99 a bottle NET. Compare the 2014 at $68+. First of all you cannot find any decent Taillpieds for under $90. The nose on this wine is legend. I can say that now that I've had 7 vintages. Wow. Laurent's grandfather planted these vines and they are at least 75+ years old. Stunning in every way. He only makes 300 or so bottles a year so this as limited as it gets.

Nose. It has such lift and tone. High and low toned. Deep. Crisp. This wine as well on the palate is sick. The barrel this is raised in is tiny. The nose is slamming. So dense and layered. Macerated cherries, intense minerals, floral, earthy and so much nuance. 

Palate. This is the wine you smell for days on end before you take a sip. But then you do and the 17 Volnay fireworks are there for your palate to experience ecstasy. Such intense sappy and well defined sweet dark cherry fruit. So sappy, sweet and direct. There is stunning density to this wine but it is also ethereal as well and not even a hint of heavy. Straight as an arrow. Like a laser beam on your palate. So stoney and mineral and intense. Achingly elegant and refined. Really shows it's breed and class. Yet while being all breedy and classy make no mistake there is fruit here. The best 17s remind me of the best 2012s. They exhibit the clarity of fruit married with site perfectly. It also exhibits shadows of the dazzling Taillepieds terroir that will come with age. The minerality at this stage is very pronounced and that along with sweet sappy fruit and finesse is what makes this special terroir. This is achingly elegant and beautiful while also having body and structure and that old vine sap and minerality that suggest this is a keeper. It will charm in its youth but once it ages out it will be able to precisely summarize Proust after only having read it once. This is profound. The purity is terrific and it is dazzyingly juicy. The finish lasts forever and only begins truly when you think it ends. Like a leaf flowing down a lazy river on a late spring day. It winds through your palate with ease. The length here is remarkable and I could not believe it. I hope there is enough for demand as this is damn special wine. This will age gracefully for 15+ years.

2017 Laurent Boussey Volnay 1er Cru "Taillepieds" - $49.99 NET