Clos Des Chenes Volnay 1er Cru Pinot Noir

I opened this for whatever reason. Anyway, big, enveloping, youthful and grapey nose, grape jelly, mineral and raspberry coulis. Smells very ripe but shows the class of CDC. But jammy but classy jam. Palate is a classic 18. Massive and I mean Herculaneun with huge extract, stoney tannins, good freshness and massive massive minerals. Long finish but my goodness this is super duper young. Lol, 18 clos des chenes and I call myself a wine professional. 9.2 on pleasure and 9.8 on potential. I’ll settle in at a 9.5

Stunning Chenes complexity, stoney, massive late season red cherries macerated in black cherry juice, so refined, so precise, wow, ripe but perfectly and throughly ripe. What a palate, dense, complex, so stoney, insanely complex and concentrated with amazingly vivid fruit and juiciness. Black cherries, red cherries, cherry flower, cassis, awesome inner mouth aromas and florals, big ripe and juicy tannins of incredible refinement and finishes with a massive mineral push. 9.5 for now. Fantastic.