Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru - 93-95
The 2020 Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru has a generous nose with red cherries and crushed strawberry aromas, nicely defined though maybe the Taillepieds has a touch more complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, plenty of red fruit with a precise and lightly spiced finish. This is very expressive and I can see it ageing with style. Excellent.
Meursault Les Charmes 1er Cru - 92-94
The 2020 Meursault Les Charmes 1er Cru has a slightly reduced bouquet, but there is real intensity here and fine mineralité. The palate is well balanced and carries the reduction well, fine weight, quite sappy and grippy towards the finish with a touch of ginger on the aftertaste. This will require some bottle age.
Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru - 92-94
The 2020 Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru has the most backward bouquet of the Domaine’s Volnay: undergrowth, damp moss scents infusing the red fruit, broody but pure. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, a mouth-filling and voluminous Volnay with firm grip on the finish. Cellar this for 4-6 years. Excellent.
Volnay Les Pitures 1er Cru – 92-94
The 2020 Volnay Les Pitures 1er Cru has a floral, quite elegant and well defined bouquet with red cherries, wild strawberry, crushed stone and light rose petal scents. The palate is medium-bodied with fine definition, black and red fruit comingling with black pepper and white pepper towards the involving and quite persistent finish. This is another classy Volnay from Bitouzet-Prieur.
Puligny-Montrachet Les Levrons – 91-93
The 2020 Puligny-Montrachet Les Levrons has a delightful nose with candied orange peel, camomile and white tea scents. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, a touch of bitter lemon with a persistent finish. Excellent for a Village Cru
Volnay Les Taillepieds 1er Cru - 91-93
The 2020 Volnay Les Taillepieds 1er Cru has a perfumed, floral bouquet with rose petals infusing the raspberry and wild strawberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, fine structure, lightly spiced with quite dense, almost muscular tannins towards the finish. A bit broad-shouldered perhaps but this has very good length and charm. Give it 4-5 years in bottle.
Meursault Clos de Cromin - 90-92
The 2020 Meursault Clos de Cromin has a perfumed nose with yellow plum, touchces of saffron and jasmine, all well defined. The palate is well balanced with a saline entry, good weight in the mouth, a little waxy in texture towards the finish with stem ginger on the aftertaste. Very fine.
Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru - 90-92
The 2020 Meursault Les Perrières 1er Cru is more hesitant on the nose compared to the Meursault-Charmes, touches of wax resin and crushed stone, a little jasmine, quite tight on the finish. Like others I am just missing a sense of tension and mineralité here.
Meursault Les Santenots Blanc 1er Cru - 90-92
The 2020 Meursault Les Santenots Blanc 1er Cru has a precise bouquet with lemon zest, orange blossom and crushed rock scents, all well defined and focused. The palate is well balanced with fine acidity, perhaps just missing a little precision towards the lightly honeyed finish, though there is good persistence here and a spicy aftertaste.
Volnay Les Aussy 1er Cru - 90-92
The 2020 Volnay Les Aussy 1er Cru has a fresh raspberry and cranberry scented nose, earthy/mossy scents emerging, a touch of bacon fat. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, crisp acidity, the 30% whole bunch (by accident!) lending black pepper and clove notes towards the finish. Very fine.
Meursault Les Corbins - 88-90
The 2020 Meursault Les Corbins, matured in 20% new oak, has a well-defined and quite focused bouquet with touches of white flower. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, smooth and quite harmonious with grapefruit and peach skin towards the finish. Enjoy this over the next 10 years.
Volnay Village - 88-90
The 2020 Volnay Village has a backward nose at first, opening with touches of black pepper and sous-bois, just a tiny bit of reduction. The palate is medium-bodied with a lightly spiced opening, quite fleshy on the mid-palate with strawberry, raspberry and a pinch of white pepper on the finish. Fine, probably early drinking.
Bourgogne Aligoté - 87-89
The 2020 Bourgogne Aligoté has a light waxy bouquet, the palate well balanced with a fine bead of acidity and pleasant nectarine and ginger tinged finish. This should drink well after bottling - a fine Aligoté.
Bourgogne Chardonnay - 86-88
The 2020 Bourgogne Chardonnay, which comes from two parcels, offers primal grapefruit and leesy scents on the nose. The palate is well balanced, again, quite leesy with fine acidity and a slither of tangerine on the finish.
Bourgogne Pinot Noir - 85-87
The 2020 Bourgogne Pinot Noir has a very strawberry jam driven bouquet, maybe just a little too candied for my palate. The palate itself is sweet and fleshy, low acidity but gentle grip on the finish that nods to the New World (in a positive way.)
Bourgogne Passetoutgrain Grange Le Duc - 83-85
The 2020 Bourgogne Passetoutgrain Grange Le Duc has a light mulberry scented nose, just a little smudged at the moment. The palate is medium-bodied with light tannins, quite soft and needing more brightness on the finish.
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