2010 Volnay Clos des Ducs 1. Cru Marquis d'Angerville 300 cl.

Good full red. Cherry, raspberry, flowers and espresso on the nose, punctuated by a peppery nuance. Concentrated and thick yet somehow weightless, communicating a strong, sappy impression of dry extract. Saturates the palate with vibrant fruits and flowers. Compellingly rich, lively Volnay with outstanding persistence.

Good medium red. Captivating aromas of black cherry, dark raspberry, minerals and flowers have shed the reductive character that made this wine difficult to taste shortly after the bottling. Juicy, penetrating and wonderfully elegant, delivering outstanding flavor intensity without any impression of heaviness. Red berry, red cherry and flowers dominate the middle palate, with an element of saline minerality expanding with air. Really stains the palate and titillates the salivary glands on the very long, rising finish. This wine is so well-balanced that it's delicious right now, but it has the solidity, sappiness and tannic structure for a slow and graceful evolution in the cellar. A transcendent premier cru. (14.1% alcohol; September 23 harvest; 3.5 pH; a major attack of oidium in Clos des Ducs in August resulted in a crop level of just 19 hectoliters per hectare, according to Angerville, who noted that the younger vines in the upper part of the vineyard were particularly affected) 2019 - 2042.