The 2013 Volnay Villages, which returns after missing 2012, comes solely from the Les Grands Champs lieu-dit (although there is another parcel in Les Pluchots that was pulled up and will be replanted next year). It has a crisp, quite vivacious bouquet with plenty of blackberry and raspberry fruit. The palate is well balanced with crunchy black fruit, quite masculine in style with firm tannins and a foursquare finish. This is satisfactory for a Village Cru but this year I feel that the Premier Crus put a distance between them.