Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Santenots Vintage:2017 reflecting a quite sunless summer

reflecting a quite sunless summer season

lightly spiced black fruit that is actually quite Pomerol-like in style with a touch of fennel and sage towards the finish

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That provides a very long aftertaste and almost citric flavors with a mineral

Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Santenots Vintage:2017 reflecting a quite sunless summerOnce 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+