Volnay, Champans, 1er Cru, 2016

All velvet and silk. Alluring red berry, hedgerow and Victoria Plum fruit flavours. Charming, enveloping and bursting with lacy, luscious fruit, counterbalanced by a sufficient kick of freshness to leave you wanting more. Pure seduction. A big vineyard in the middle of prime Premier Cru Volnay territory on the south side of the village below Taillepieds, well exposed to the south-east. The soil is redder here than higher up the slope. At the top of the vineyard the soil is very rocky but becomes deeper and more clay influenced towards the bottom of the slope, giving some of the most complete Volnays that, despite ageing very well, can be extremely rewarding in youth.