2023, Domaine Y. Clerget, VOLNAY, VillageA blend of Les Petit Gamets and Echards below Champans. The 2023 Volnay Village comes from two plots, the fruit destemmed with 10% new oak. This has a fragrant bouquet of finely delineated raspberry, bergamot and light rose petal scents. Raspberry and crushed strawberry fruit frame the medium bodied palate, with a slightly chalky tannic structure and a fresh, quite detailed finish. Lovely. 90 92 Neal Martin. This is also aromatically quite pretty with

An excellent vivid but ripe acidity completes the picture

it lacquers the mouth long after it has departed

mint and a touch of spice

pliable tannins and supremely well-judged acidity

with broad structural shoulders and a lively

and very well made

Combe Dessus (in 2023) was blended into the rest of the villages because the old vines had suffered in the dryness and was only a small cuvee – the balance was blended with the the rest of the Gevrey

chocolate-covered cherries

Vivid and intense purple colour to the rim

one to drink relatively young

it is the wine's persistence and overall harmony that really stand out

provide the vineyard with the perfect balance between warmth and humidity