2018 Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Volnay

For reports and full tasting notes, go toTim Atkin MW's website.

The 2018 Volnay Village comes from declassified young vines in Les Santenots. It has a lovely bouquet of perfumed red cherry and wild strawberry fruit laced with wilted rose petals – so damn pretty. The palate of tart red cherry and cassis fruit is framed by fine, almost filigreed tannins, leading to a chalky, sorbet-fresh finish. Superb.

Produced from young vines in Santenots, the 2018 Volnay Village exhibits a rich bouquet of cassis, ripe plums, orange rind and creamy new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, ample and gourmand, with juicy acids and powdery tannins.

Declassified Santenots. Barrel sample. Deep cherry red. Deep in dark, black-cherry fruit but a little bit floral too, somewhere between violets and peony. Fresh and vividly ripe with extremely smooth tannins. (JH)