Top Pommard and Volnay 2023 wines en primeur

Tasted out of barrel, the Grand Clos des Epenots 2023 is surpassingly delicious and almost shockingly approachable. Fruit aromas range from fragrant wild strawberries to...

Elegant and aristocratic, the Clos des Ducs from d'Angerville is a bit restrained initially but opens up with pomegranate and blackberry fruit aromas and flavours...

Lafarge's Clos des Chênes 2023 is a superb wine. The initial attack boasts ripe plum and blackberry fruit with floral notes and a savoury edge,...

Lafon's Santenots is a reference for the appellation in each vintage; 2023 is no exception. It offers a ripe, forward blackberry and blueberry fruit character...

Lovely, supple and elegant, the Caillerets from d'Angerville seems much more approachable than usual, with rich, plummy fruit and hints of earthy minerality and rose...

The Lafarge Caillerets is a standout, with intense aromas of black plum and nuances of earth and mineral on the attack. It has superb depth...

The 2023 Champans is one of my favourite wines from this cellar, as it is in many vintages. It offers lush, forward black- and blue-fruit...

Lafon farms just over 0.3ha n the Clos des Chênes. Pierre Lafon says that the vineyard ripens early and quickly, and it is essential to...

This is the best wine in this cellar, even better than the Santenots. It is not as voluptuous as the Champans (also a top selection),...

The 2023 Clos du Château des Ducs is a high point of the tasting in this cellar. It has profuse aromas of blueberry and blackberry,...

The Santenots stands out in this cellar, with a subtle curranty fruit and hints of bramble and flowers that give lovely depth to the aroma....

The 2023 Rugiens from Domaine de Courcel was slightly closed when tasted out of barrel, but it begins to open up on the palate with...

Despite the proximity to the domaine-owned vines in Croix Noires just to the north, this is entirely different, with a lovely ripe plum and spice...

The 2023 Clos de la Commaraine aromas are deep and rich, with notes of plum and blackberry, hints of earth and leather and a light...

The 2023 Rugiens-Bas is a newly reinvigorated wine, with a marvellous concentration of mulberry and pomegranate fruit with hints of liquorice, pepper, lavender and earth....

Fragrant and spicy, the forward plummy fruit aromas of de Montille's Pommard Pézerolles are invitingly moreish. The texture is softer and less angular than Taillepieds;...

The 2023 Pommard Rugiens from Benjamin Leroux is a powerful, sinuous wine with a compact aroma of dark plum and blackberry fruit with earth and...

With its aromas of black cherry and savoury earth notes, the Croix Noires from Domaine de Courcel is a classic Pommard. General manager Yves Confuron...

The village-level Rugiens has produced a seductive wine with a lovely cherry fruit and notes of lavender, liquorice and tea. The texture is firmly tannic,...