Marquis d'Angerville, Volnay Fremiets Vintage:2016 The La Tour Blanche 2001

The La Tour Blanche 2001 has long been the insiders Sauternes for the vintage

melted tar and crushed violet scents

My only real criticism of Roederer is the estates insistence on using lot numbers that resemble missile launch codes in their complexity

which resulted in high skin-to-juice ratios

red berries

Marquis d'Angerville, Volnay Fremiets Vintage:2016 The La Tour Blanche 2001This is more discreet and reserved with wonderfully pure notes of red, black and blue fruits plus a lovely hint of violets that sit atop dusty, refined and gorgeously delineated flavors supported by an almost pungent minerality on the textured, long and explosive finish. This is more concentrated and structured than usual and should live for a very long time. (91 93) 2013+