Medium, medium-plus colour. A wide panorama of aromas; acid cherries, a deep, dark, slightly musky base and some violet aromas above – lots of interesting components if not quite a ‘together’ impression. The texture is okay, you’re drawn to the slight astringency more than anything, but there is an excellent intensity for a villages wine. Reasonably narrow on entry but the flavour becomes ever-wider and and quite long too. There’s plenty of slightly floral pot-pourri together with the fruit. Good acidity and an evident back-bone of structure. No simple ‘villages’ this, today it’s not perfectly ‘together’ either aromatically or in the mouth – it will need some cellar time – but the basics are here for a very good performance. Wait – perhaps – another 5 years or-so…

The Potel signature wine is, in 2006, a compendium of around 12 separately vinified parcels whose vines average out at 60+ years old. The nose is wide with a nice complexity of dried berries; cranberry, redcurrant and black cherries – very nice. The palate has good intensity and a background of ripe tannin. The finish is a good one. – recommended as always.

The nose is a mix of bright red notes and some darker reductive elements. Silky, the tannin is less obvious than on the Volnay VV. Good concentration, ripe fruit and a nice finish. Super for the appellation – I expect this should be very good value.

Some lovely dark red fruits on the nose. The palate is wide and interesting and packed with very fine tannin. This is quite long and a very good villages Gevrey

Despite the nose starting a little more diffuse than the Gevrey – faint spice and a trace of coffee – I love it when you sniff a wine and can instantly say ‘Vosne’, and here you can. The palate is at the same time understated, but also quite forward – still well controlled though. Ripe tannins and a tight but lovely length.

From the border with Volnay. Diffuse top notes over a core of bright red fruit – slowly tightening in the glass and becoming more focused if less forward. Ripe with plenty of concentration and energy. Faintly drying tannin and medium length. Unpretentious and very tasty

Nicely focused red and black fruit with a hint of coffee. Vibrant, with a good depth of flavour. The tannin is just a little finer than the Pommard and there’s a decent length too.

A fine but very undestated, indeed tight nose – just a faint undercurrent of dried red fruits. Softer, with much more sophisticated tannin than the Nuits. There’s a lovely flavour profile in the mid-palate. This wine shows plenty of potential

A bright nose that mixes forward and clean fruit with toasty brioche and faint nuts. Mouthwatering with quite some savoury extract on the mid-palate. Good acidity but today just a little un-knit – needs a little longer in bottle.