2023, Domaine Marquis d'Angerville, VOLNAY, 1er Cru, 'Fremiets'The 2023 Frmiets from d'Angerville features a burst of blueberry and pomegranate fruit with a firm mineral underpinning. It has less tannin than I remember, but there is impeccable balance and weight. The grapes are from his 1. 57ha holding at the northern edge of the premier cru band, up the slope from the Clos des Angles. The grapes are de stemmed and fermented with native yeasts before ageing with a modest proportion of new wood to create this

fine-grained tannins and bold freshness

Drinking Window: 2027 - 2036

Mathieu Cuvelier and his team have overseen a sublime Saint-Émilion

it's rich and concentrated

but juicy with brisk

It is lightly spiced and very cohesive

It has lots of length for being mostly merlot

The 2022 Echo de Lynch Bages

the 2020 Beausejour (Duffau Lagarrosse) wafts out of the glass with a glamorous perfume of red roses

really impressive

with hints of white flowers complementing the citrus fruit

dried herbs and bitter chocolate