2017 Volnay Clos des Angles 1. Cru Marquis d'Angerville

Ripe dense red purple, a little bit of tomato in the aromatics. Les Angles gets all the soil which has come down from Fremiets, makes for a bit more weight and perhaps less precision. But still Volnay enough. Tasted: November 2018.

Wafting from the glass with beautiful aromas of rose petal, violets, cherries and raspberries, the 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles is medium-bodied, ample and charming, with an exuberantly expressive core of pure, succulent fruit, framed by fine, chalky tannins.

The 2017 Volnay Clos des Angles 1er Cru shows quite a bit of reduction on the nose tasting it from barrel. The palate is more compact than the Volnay Premier Cru, more muscular, although I find it needs a little more grace towards the finish. Give this two or three years once in bottle.