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.

The 2019 Volnay Vieilles Vignes comes from 60- to 75-year-old vines located in three vineyards. It has a light red cherry and orange blossom nose that just needs more intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with a fleshy opening, very smooth and harmonious, and a plush strawberry finish. It just needs more complexity and appellation expression.