The 1er Cru les Angles has a lifted nose of fresh strawberry and cassis interlaced with cold stone/granite scents. The palate is medium-bodied with crisp tannins, showing more structure and perhaps a little more dryness than the 1er Cru Corbeaux, but with good length and a dash of white pepper on the “serious” finish. Fine. Tasted May 2013.

Pierre Boillot's 2008 Volnay Les Angles displays brighter black fruits but also more aggressive tannins than its Brouillards counterpart (whose deeper, Pommard-like soils he says were advantaged this year), displaying a seeming memoir of its malic acid and wearing its oak element a bit awkwardly. There is ample energy and no real sense of under-ripeness here, though, so perhaps the wine will have shaped up in bottle, but for now I wouldn't hazard a prognostication regarding its aging potential. Pierre Boillot - Lucien's grandson, for details on whose history, properties, and connection with other Boillots, see issues and 186 and 170 - noted that his Cote de Beaune fruit required more rigorous sorting in 2008 than did that from the Cote de Nuits, and the former resulted in several wines of relatively aggressive astringency. I tasted his 2008s prior to their March and April bottlings, and (except where noted) assembled from tank. (Unfortunately, shortage of time kept me from tasting Boillot's 2007s.)Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524

Grown just west of his Brouillards and on largely old vines, Boillot's 2006 Volnay Les Angles (which I also last tasted assembled in tank) boasts a lovely nose of freshly-baked gingerbread and blackberry preserves; displays rich, spiced berries on a palpably dense, finely-tannic palate; and finishes with chalky, toasted nut undertones adding depth. It should be worth following for at least 6-8 years. Pierre Boillot (grandson of Lucien) vinified and marketed together until 2003 with his slightly older brother Louis (who now shares facilities with his wife Ghislaine Barthod, and most of the same appellations as Pierre, and on whose outstanding wines I reported in issue 170 and again in this issue). They then separated their shares of inheritance, which include equally prime acreage in both Cotes, thanks to Lucien having long ago left his family's Volnay estate (now Domaine Henri Boillot) to stake his own claim in Gevrey. My first visit to taste here convinced me that this address and Pierre Boillot's talent should be known to all Burgundy lovers. Pierre Boillot lays great store by lees enrichment, never bottling before the second spring, and then without filtration.Importer: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant, Berkeley, CA; tel. (510) 524-1524