2021 Volnay, Clos d'Audignac, 1er Cru, La Pousse d'Or, Burgundy

A northeast-facing vineyard that rarely gets the same degree of sunlight as the other Volnay 1ers in the portfolio and thus it can often be more Pommard-like than Volnay in character.

Here the cool, earthier and more restrained nose derives more from the red side of the fruit spectrum. I very much like the mouthfeel of the precise and tension-filled medium-bodied flavours that exude a subtle minerality on the more austere and less refined finish that displays excellent depth and persistence. This is lovely though note well that it's a wine that's quite tightly wound and is going to need a decade-plus of keeping to resolve what are presently very firm tannins.

Drink from 2033 onward