2011 Domaine Marquis d'Angerville Volnay 1er Cru "Champans"

About to be bottled. Wonderfully expressive: vibrant and delicately spiced red fruit with a touch of vanilla creaminess. Excellent balance and elegance. Refined tannins framing lovely pure, fragrant fruit. Fresh and immensely long, turning just a little more savoury and spiced at the very end. Hard to give a drink date for this as it gives so much pleasure already at this young age though there is obviously much more to come. 18/20 points. (JH)