Producer | Louis Boillot |
Country | France |
Region | Burgundy |
Subregion | Volnay |
Varietal | Pinot Noir |
Vintage | 2018 |
Sku | 1301015 |
Size | 750ml |
The 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets exhibits attractive aromas of dark berries spices grilled squab and forest floor followed by a medium to full-bodied succulent and lively palate that's concentrated and chalky concluding with a long mineral finish. Finishing up at 13.2% alcohol this is an exquisitely balanced Caillerets that should offer a broad drinking window.
One barrel picked early on 25th. Rich purple centre with a fresh rim. A little oak along with really vibrant fruit on the nose. Just 12.7% having stopped 10 days before. Includes young vines from 2009. Actually this still tastes very well despite a certain blend of redcurrant and chocolate though Clément notes that the latter aspect was not apparent before the last two weeks. The tannins are fine.
The 2018 Caillerets from Louis Boillot comes in at 13.2 percent octane and offers up a simply beautiful bouquet of black cherries dark berries currant leaf chalky minerality a lovely array of spice tones pigeon and a dollop of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure full-bodied focused and shows off lovely mid-palate depth with great nascent complexity fine-grained tannins and a proper sense of reserve on the backend that augurs very very well for long-term cellaring.
Firm reduction once again overshadows the fruit. There is very good mid-palate density to the interestingly textured flavors that are at once velvety yet stony all wrapped in a lingering firm and somewhat austere finish. There is better phenolic maturity to the tannins though the finish is still a bit raspy.
The 2018 Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru comes from a single plot of vines. It has a perfumed nose the most mineral-driven of the four Volnays from Boillot and probably showing the best delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins that lend a sense of strictness and correctness. You just want it to manifest more joie-de-vivre toward the finish. Maybe it will lighten up in bottle. (D
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