2017 Volnay Clos des Chenes
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The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes delivers a lovely bouquet of sweet red berries, orange rind, rose hips and peonies. Medium to full-bodied, deep and mineral, it's concentrated and beautifully structurally refined, its sappy core of fruit framed by powdery tannins. Bouley reflected that this only attained a peak fermentation temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, but it held at that temperature for a long time. This is worth a special effort to seek out.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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Blueish crimson. Broad and rich start with something decidedly wild about it. Untamed pathways of flavour. Lots of tannins – more than most. (JR)
The 2017 Volnay Clos des Chênes 1er Cru includes 50% whole bunch fruit. It has a clean and precise bouquet, quite tight at the moment with touches of chalk filtered through the red fruit. The palate is crisp and taut with fine tannin, impressive mineralité . Not a powerful Clos des Chênes but certainly precise and lightly spiced on the finish. Good potential, but this will need patience.