Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 rose petal and Asian-style tea

rose petal and Asian-style tea wisps

There is excellent intensity to the solidly concentrated and relatively powerful middleweight flavors that also exude evident minerality on the compact

chocolate and licorice with just a touch of loam

plums and black cherries are some of the nuances that take shape in the glass

ripe and deep

Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 rose petal and Asian-style teaA markedly cool nose, and particularly so in the context of the 2019 vintage, reflects notes of essence of red berries, lavender, tea and a hint of newly turned earth. There is more refinement if not density to the utterly delicious medium weight flavors that exude a refreshing salinity on the balanced, youthfully austere and solidly persistent finish that is quite firmly structured. This is relatively fine for Champans and a wine that should age