(BH91-93♥ points) This is a classic Taillepieds with is very cool and restrained nose of chalk, stone and airy red berry fruit aromas that are very much in keeping with the wispy, lacy and dancing medium-bodied flavors that possess a superb sense of underlying tension on the gorgeously precise, explosive and mineral suffused finish, which is, in the fashion of a fine Taillepieds, notably austere. This will require time.

(NM90-92 points) Certainly, this has more complexity on the nose than Fremiets and Champans. Excellent definition with more ‘mineral’ scents infusing the bouquet adorned with pure strawberry, loganberry, mango and lime. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, good weight and a dash of spice on the entry with notes of redcurrant, raspberry, orange zest. This is an effervescent Taillepieds that can barely contain its joy. Drink now-2022.

A meld of fresh blackberry with red currant and red raspberry is tinged with cinnamon and shadowed by black tea smokiness in the nose of d’Angerville’s 2008 Volnay Taillepieds. Here we have grip and almost electric brightness and energy allied to vivid fresh red berries as well as a complex undertone of forest floor, mushroom stock, and beef broth. Tartness of berry skin; smoky, pungent black tea and Szechuan pepper; and chalky, saline and peaty notes, make for a dramatic finishing flourish. This finely-structured Volnay should be worth following for 12-15 years at least. - David Schildknecht

The cherry, raspberry and mineral flavors are precise and persistent, courtesy of the firm structure and refined tannins. Everything is there, but this is taut and needs time to relax. Best from 2013 through 2024. 100 cases imported. –BS