2015 Domaine Glantenay Volnay 1er Cru "Les Brouillards"

From 55 year old vines, this Brouillards is another ringing success. Red and black cherries, bitter chocolate, woodsmoke and dark soil introduce a concentrated palate with lovely intensity to its juicy fruit, and beautifully refined tannins. (WK)

Bernard Glantenay’s rows of vines in les Brouillards lie right alongside of those of Louis Boillot and are sixty years of age. The 2015 included one-third whole clusters and is excellent, wafting from the glass in a refined blend of sweet dark berries, black cherries, French Roast, dark soil tones and incipient notes of pigeon. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and beautifully sappy at the core, with beautiful balance and nascent complexity, fine-grained tannins and a long, tangy and focused finish. This is a lovely bottle in the making.