The domaine’s bottling of the premier cru of les Brouillards is truly exceptional in the 2022 vintage. The wine is beautifully red fruity in personality this year, offering up a fine aromatic constellation of red plums, red and black cherries, pomegranate, gamebird, woodsmoke, a fine base of soil tones, cedar and a lovely topnote of summer truffle. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and soil-driven in personality, with a superb core of fruit, ripe tannins, tangy acids and excellent balance on the long, complex and nicely precise finish. Fine, fine juice.
93 points, John Gilman, View From The Cellar (Apr 2025)
The 2022 Volnay Les Brouillards 1er Cru, which contains around 20% whole bunches, has a floral bouquet: wilted rose petals infusing the red berry fruit, a hint of baking powder coming through with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and fine depth, quite sharp and citric towards the finish. Not a long or deep wine, but there's tension and angularity that I feel will enhance its showing at the supper table.
91-93 points, Neal Martin, Vinous (Jan 2024)
Aromas of sweet raspberries, orange zest, cherries and petals preface the 2022 Volnay 1er Cru Les Brouillards, a medium to full-bodied, lively and mineral wine with a pretty core of fruit, powdery tannins and a chalky finish.
90-92 points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Jan 2024)
A fine crimson ruby. The bouquet signals the density to follow, with a balanced, intense dark red fruit, and a little touch of velvet behind. The fruit acid balance is impeccable and the tannins ripe. Still very backward, with a tannin or two at the back reminding us that Brouillards is close to Pommard. Tasted Oct 2023.
89-92 points, Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy (Jan 2024)
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