Volnay Caillerets, Domaine Bernard & Thierry Glantenay 2016

The 2016 Cailleret from Domaine Glantenay was due for bottling a couple days hence and was showing very well. Bernard Glantenay decided to use fifty percent whole clusters in this cuvée in 2016, as the stems were beautifully lignified. The bouquet is superb, offering up a classic constellation of dark berries, cassis, stony minerality, espresso, woodsmoke, pigeon and a nice, youthful touch of the stems (which will turn into cinnamon-like spice tones with extended bottle age). On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and shows off excellent mid-palate depth, with excellent focus and grip, fine-grained tannins and a long, balanced and tangy finish. Just a beautiful young example of Caillerets. 2028-2070.

Paler then some of his other cuvées. Very fresh, intense nose not dominated by whole bunch, with lots of freshness and depth of fruit. Perhaps not that long at the moment but fine and expressive of the vineyard.