Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Santenots Vintage:2017 Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland

Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland

Will make an impact when put on a table with friends but it is far away from how good it is today

opens up a vista of gastronomic potential and belies the 10g/l of sugar added as dosage - nearly double the amount of the most recent vintages

reflecting a quite sunless summer season

which is not at all typical for the vintage

Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Santenots Vintage:2017 Alain Raynaud and Michel RollandOnce 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+