2009 Volnay, Clos de la Cave des Ducs, 1er Cru, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy Size:75cl intense wine – another fine

intense wine – another fine example from the 2015 vintage

There was no hail in Gevrey- Chambertin but the poor flowering conditions restricted her crop to 25 hl/ha overall and she began picking on 24th September

of naming wines after the ships that carried them

Named after a twentieth century BB&R ancestor

2009 Volnay, Clos de la Cave des Ducs, 1er Cru, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy Size:75cl intense wine – another fineThe vineyard is farmed by Benjamins right hand man, Jean Charles Carr, and the Clos de la Cave des Ducs is the epitome of perfectly balanced Volnay not massive but with an exquisite delicacy of red and black fruit and great persistence.