This is ripe, smooth and expressive, offering black cherry, plum, fruitcake and spice flavors. Heady, yet remains fresh enough for balance as it finishes. Drink now through 2032. 500 cases made, 50 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Volnay Select to Add

A core of bright cherry and strawberry fruit lurks under the sweet spice and incense aromas and flavors. Silky and firm at once, with a lingering aftertaste of cherry and berry allied to dusty tannins. Best from 2021 through 2035. 50 cases imported.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Volnay Select to Add

A bright, sleek style, displaying violet, cherry and black currant aromas and flavors. Well-structured and balanced, this lingers with smoke and mineral accents. Terrific length. Best from 2019 through 2032. 295 cases made.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Volnay Select to Add

The 2013 Volnay Vieilles Vignes has a slightly subdued, tertiary bouquet. The palate is medium-bodied with rustic tannins and missing a little of flesh on the dry finish. This is a bit of a miss for me, one of few from Monsieur Potel, but this was a difficult vintage in this village.

Fleeting and elegant, evoking strawberry, cherry and spice notes. Firm, even austere, on the finish, so give this a few months to integrate. Best from 2016 through 2023. 312 cases made.??–BS??Region: France / Burgundy / Volnay Select to Add