backward and brooding nose reluctantly gives up hints of very earthy dark pinot fruit nuanced by a distinct animale hint that merges into broad-shouldered flavors that offer excellent volume and concentration that finishes with just a hint of dryness and plenty of minerality

5 ha parcel situated directly across from Domaine Rousseau’s parcel of Chambertin)

The tannins are silky and long

Look for this wine to drink well young

It was bottled in June 2017

Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Santenots other_regions backward and brooding nose reluctantlyOnce again firm reduction dominates the underlying fruit. There is excellent intensity to the tautly muscular, detailed and powerful medium weight flavors that exude a fine minerality onto the lengthy but rather dry finish where the dryness is exacerbated by the abundant gas. Between the reduction and the gas this firmly structured effort is very hard to read and while it may come together that is not a certainty. (89 92?) 2024+