Volnay Santenots du Milieu, Domaine des Comtes Lafon 2009

A distinctly ripe nose of cassis and pinot liqueur aromas dissolves into rich, mouth coating and relatively muscular large-scaled flavors that possess an abundance of dry extract. There is really lovely detail on the impressively complex and persistent finish. This should reward up to a decade of cellar time and as a point of comparison, this isn't as fine as the 2010 version but it's significantly more powerful.

Note: from 40+ year old vines planted in shallow, high clay content soil sitting on a bed of solid rock