(BH90-92 points) As one would reasonably expect, this is more elegant, cooler and higher-toned still with airy red pinot and cherry fruit aromas preceding vibrant and mouth coating flavors that are built on a firm base of almost aggressive minerality and culminate in a stony, precise and linear finish that delivers real verve and fine length. Terrific.

An enticing white, offering sweet cherry, strawberry, floral and mineral notes. Intense yet smooth, with balance, if showing a bit of heat today. There's fine length, so give this time. Best from 2013 through 2024. 60 cases imported. –BS

The d’Angerville 2008 Volnay Fremiet amplifies some of the themes of their Clos des Angles (grown just east of it): tart red fruits tinged with peat and pepper and underlain by salted meat stock. Hints of leather and prominent, dusty crushed stone suffusion are part of the lean, bright, intense picture here, too, and a relative austerity vis-a-vis Clos des Angles seems to reflect the rocky, thin surface soil environment in this part of Fremiet. This certainly grips implacably and invigoratingly. Will its extra measure of tannin and palpable extract help it live longer? Or – more to the point – will this be interesting or user-friendly a dozen years from now? Probably, but I’d still be inclined to put my money on Clos des Angles with its additional youthful enticement. - David Schildknecht