Here the nose offers another step up in refinement with a floral bent, particularly violets, that combines with very pure red and blue pinot fruit and warm earth aromas that give way gracefully to delicious middle weight flavors that are supported by finer tannins and excellent complexity on the lingering finish. Impressive.
92-94pts The Wine Advocate– 2017 vintage
FOR THE 2017 VINTAGE
The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets is one of the purest, most fragrant wines in the cellar, unfurling in the glass with aromas of rose petals and potpourri that mingles with sweet fruit tones of cherry and raspberry. On the palate, it’s medium to full-bodied, satiny and supple, with a lovely line of acidity, a fine-grained chassis of tannin and a beautifully defined finish. 92-94pts
91-93pts Vinous – Antonio Galloni– 2017 vintage
FOR THE 2017 VINTAGE
The 2017 Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru is 100% de-stemmed. It presents a fragrant, floral bouquet of sensual red berry fruit infused with wilted rose petals and potpourri. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, rounded and approachable considering the vintage, leading to a slightly chalky, spicy finish. Very fine. 91-93pts
N/Apts Vinous – Antonio Galloni– 2016 vintage
FOR THE 2016 VINTAGE
(100% destemmed; Rossignol produced about 30 hectoliters per hectare as there was less frost here than in the Clos des Angles): Bright red with ruby tones. Captivating, limestone-inflected aromas of black cherry, coffee, mocha and crushed rock, lifted by a floral topnote. Wonderfully elegant, fine-grained and deep, with its intense flavors of dark raspberry, redcurrant, spices and smoky minerality displaying superb thrust. This seriously thick yet energetic wine finishes with totally buffered tannins and outstanding slowly mounting spicy length. The pH is also high here but this wine is enlivened by its terrific limestone energy. Incidentally, this is one of the few 2016s here that Rossignol prefers to its 2015 sibling, along with the Pommard Les Epenots.
