Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 Here too a deft touch

Here too a deft touch of wood sets off the spicier and more complex aromas that combine plum

ripe and deep

rose petal and Asian-style tea wisps

Here the nose is at once more elegant and more complex with its pretty mix of plum

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

Jean-Marc Blain-Gagnard, Volnay Champans Vintage:2020 Here too a deft touchA 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