List Price:
$249.95
Scores:
WA 91-92 / IWC 94+ / BH 93-95
Type: Still
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
District/Appelation: Chassagne-Montrachet
Vineyard: Cailleret
Designation: 1er Cru
Varietal(s): Pinot Noir
REVIEWS:
Wine Advocate / 91-92
"From a parcel he and his son Frederic began working in 2000 but that Michel Lafarge says needed a few years of tough love and cold turkey to wean from chemical dependency, his 2005 Volnay Caillerets displays sweetly-ripe, high-toned cherry, a luscious, juicy, fruit-filled palate impression, and the most vivid and sweet finishing fruit of any 2005 in this cellar. All the while, a subtle chalkiness suffuses every aspect of this distinguished Pinot, but its pure fruit is so energetic, blazing, and sweet, that any carnal dimensions it may be harboring are for now sublimated (along with its tannins). Time will tell whether this parcel can aspire to the polish and complexity exhibited by the Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs or Clos des Chenes, but considering the overall stature of the Cailleret cru, I would bet on it."-DS
International Wine Cellar / 94+
"Deep red with ruby highlights. Distinctly purple aromas of blackberry, violet and menthol. Silky on entry, then considerably subtler and suaver than the Chateau des Ducs, with lovely finesse of texture and superb building fruit. Highly concentrated, young and impeccably balanced Volnay, finishing with sweet tannins and a whiplash of fruit. Much more accessible today than the Chateau des Ducs, but this too will reward extended cellaring."-ST
Burghound / 93-95
"This is more aromatically complex still with ethereal notes of red and black fruit, floral notes, particularly violets and subtle spice and earth hints where the latter element continues onto the rich, generous and impressively refined flavors that possess superb depth of extract that buffers the firm tannins on the structured, powerful and hugely long finish. A 'wow' wine."-AM