Volnay Caillerets, Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley 2016

The vines are still young, but Thomas feels that 2016 is the first vintage where they have started to show the class of the vineyard. Glowing mid purple. The nose is discreet but then emerges beautifully, fabulous tension to this wine, lacy and detailed, offering persistence, perfume and purity. Entirely destemmed so as to keep the precision, very lovely finish here. Spared from the frost and it shows.

The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets was not touched by frost this vintage according to winemaker Thomas Bouley. It has a very focused, energetic bouquet that unfurls with alacrity in the glass, offering more black fruit than red and subtle earthy/loamy tones. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a crisp line of acidity, bright and tensile with just a little attenuation on the finish that I am sure will not be there once in bottle. Give this 3 or 4 years in bottle and you will have a quintessential Caillerets.