Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 with flinty

with flinty

chocolate and licorice with just a touch of loam

Here the nose is at once more elegant and more complex with its pretty mix of plum

More energy and delicacy than the Hunting Hill 2019 Pinot

it will benefit from another 6-8 years of cellaring and drink well through 2031

Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 with flintyA markedly cool nose, and particularly so in the context of the 2019 vintage, reflects notes of essence of red berries, lavender, tea and a hint of newly turned earth. There is more refinement if not density to the utterly delicious medium weight flavors that exude a refreshing salinity on the balanced, youthfully austere and solidly persistent finish that is quite firmly structured. This is relatively fine for Champans and a wine that should age