(90-93 points) More the purple side of crimson. A wealth of cherry-raspberry red fruit. More structure and less delicacy than most in Volnay, explained by the vineyard’s proximity to Pommard. However, the fruit is both pure and fills the palate nicely, through to a crunchy finish. Drink from 2028-2033.

An attractively spicy nose freely offers up distinctly cool aromas of red and dark cherry, violet and a touch of forest floor character. There is again excellent verve and very good volume to the rich, muscular and well-defined flavors that display fine power on the youthfully austere, compact and dusty finish that is also sneaky long. Like a number of wines in the range, this too is going to require at least a decade of patience.