The 2018 Volnay En Champans 1er Cru is a tiny production of a single new barrel that includes 100% whole stems. It has a wonderful bouquet of pixelated blackberry and raspberry fruit mixed with a touch of briar and undergrowth. The palate is seriously goo...
Moderate reduction is enough to overshadow the underlying fruit at present. More interesting are the rich, delicious and beautifully textured and detailed larger-bodied flavors that brim with both minerality and dry extract, all wrapped in a youthfully au...
A timid but perfumed nose speaks of softly spicy ripe red berry aromas where hints of smoke and earth lurk in the background. There is again excellent volume to the succulent and seductive yet equally powerful flavors that flash a bead of minerality on th...
This is one of the most floral-suffused wines in the range with its cool and elegant nose of the essence of red pinot fruit, violet, rose petal and lilac. Here too the palate impression of the vibrant medium weight flavors is strikingly refined thanks to ...
A much spicier blend features notes of both red and dark cherry and whiffs of cinnamon tea. The sleek, delicious and vibrant flavors possess solid mid-palate concentration as well a refreshing salinity on the impressively long, balanced and youthfully aus...
This is also aromatically cool, airy and elegant though the ripe red and dark currant aromas are less floral-suffused. The mouthfeel of the medium-bodied flavors manages to be both powerful and refined with outstanding persistence to the balanced if decid...