2016 Volnay Clos des Chenes
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(just 2-1/2 barrels produced, or 15 hectoliters per hectare): Bright dark red. Vibrant aromas of black cherry, violet and dark chocolate. Richer and rounder than the Monthélie-Les Duresses, with more power and framing acidity to its slightly medicinal black cherry fruit. At once thick and elegant, this highly concentrated, long wine finishes with very classy tannins.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
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The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chênes offers brisk ripe cranberry and blackberry scents on the nose—nicely defined even if not quite in the same class as the 2015. The palate is pretty rather than powerful. Ample red cherry and strawberry fruit with quite supple tannin, leading to a rounded, lightly grippy finish that maybe just misses the complexity and ambition of the Les Champans this year.