2019 Volnay, Les Angles, 1er Cru, Domaine Louis Boillot & Fils, Burgundy

The 2019 Volnay 1er Cru Les Angles is sensual and charming, bursting from the glass with aromas of plums, raw cocoa, sweet spices and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and concentrated, it's lively and textural, with a broad attack and a long, expansive finish.Like his partner Ghislaine Barthod, Louis Boillot was happy to show his 2019s from the bottle rather than taste from the barrel, and I was delighted to see just how completely all the promise they showed last year had come to fruition. In Fall 2020, Boillot ventured that 2019 is "the most elegant, refined and fresh of the recent warm vintages we've had here in Burgundy," and that's borne out in the bottle. In 2019, team Barthod-Boillot began harvest on September 7th, and they were happy to have been among the earliest to pick. All these wines are exquisitely balanced, and while there's no grand cru to grab collectors' attention, that's probably a boon for Burgundy lovers looking for elegant, age-worthy wines—in many cases, produced from notably old vines—from the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits that still fly somewhat under the radar. In short, I can only reiterate that everything here comes warmly recommended.Drink 2023 - 2045William Kelley, Wine Advocate (January 2022)