Ballot Millot, Volnay Santenots Size:6x750ml warm with glossy tannins and

warm with glossy tannins and a sweet

offering concentrated cassis and cherry compote flavors accented by exotic allspice and black cardamom nuances

and especially violet

crème de cassis

and presumably for that reason grape sugars were very high by the time he picked

Ballot Millot, Volnay Santenots Size:6x750ml warm with glossy tannins and(from young vines situated in Les Plures; this had just been bottled when I tasted it). A background hint of volatile acidity is present on the otherwise pretty and fresh aromas of cherry, raspberry and spice. The sleek, delicious and acceptably concentrated middleweight flavors possess good power and solid length though the firm finish seems somewhat awkward, which may be due to the very recent bottling.