Rossignol/Nicolas Volnay 1er cru Chevrets 2012

91-93 points Neal Martin (Wine Advocate): "The 2012 Volnay 1er Cru En Chevret is located between Champans and Santenots-les-Milieu and contains 50% whole cluster fruit like the Clos des Angles. It comes from two parcels: 40 and 60 years old, the former usually de-stemmed. The bouquet is very well-defined but introspective despite rigorous coaxing. It reluctantly gives up attractive briary and boysenberry scents. The palate is much more expressive with that boysenberry component flourishing on the entry. There is good minerality here, the finish almost foursquare but with impressive tension and length. This is quite a serious Volnay, perhaps a little Pommard-like in style, and deserves 3-5 years aging in bottle. (Dec 2013)"

90-93 points and 'Sweet spot/Outstanding,' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(50% whole clusters and made from yields of 8 hl/ha). Reduction. Here too there is excellent richness and outstanding volume to the solidly concentrated, powerful and energetic flavors where the underlying minerality is very much in evidence on the strikingly persistent finish. This is a huge wine in the context of what is typically very Volnay in style yet it remains impeccably well-balanced. Even so, I would simply note that this is not one to buy expecting the usual Volnay lace and grace. (Apr 2014)"

92.1 points CellarTracker.com community score.

91+ points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): "($150 list; vinified with 50% whole clusters; not much hail here, according to Rossignol, but the yield was just 15 hectoliters per hectare): Good dark red. Very complex but restrained aromas and flavors of raspberry, spices, smoke and truffley underbrush. Dense, very rich and sweet but with terrific spicy definition; highly concentrated but not heavy. This large-scaled, powerful wine is not austere but nonetheless calls for considerable patience. Finishes with serious tannins that reach the front teeth. Drink: 2021-2030. (Mar 2015)"