In this tasting

it has terrific fruit intensity

It's not the most charming or immediate rendition of this bottling

The wine was vinified using 60% whole cluster and aged for around 22 months in 50% new French oak barrique and 50% used French barrique

Jean-Marc Bouley, Volnay Caillerets other_regions_italy In this tasting(from young vines planted in 2002; no whole cluster). An exceptionally pretty nose displays scents of red raspberry, anise, clove and sandalwood. There is a lovely sense of underlying tension and detail to the overtly mineral inflected, supple and appealingly textured medium bodied flavors that terminate in an austere, serious and precise finish. This is a very serious example of the appellation that is a bit less refined than one might normally