2012 Lucien Le Moine Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru
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Medium red. Musky aromas of raspberry, coffee and gingerbread complicated by pepper and herb nuances. Boasts attractive inner-mouth sweetness with good definition and lift but I was disturbed by a slightly raw suggestion of stems. Finishes with a saline quality and a fine dusting of tannins. This wine was quite closed when I tasted it from barrel in November of 2013 and will need more time in bottle to express itself.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2012 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets has a little more reduction compared to other Volnay crus, but underneath there are some lovely marine-infused red berry fruit. The palate is terse on the entry, but there is good weight and structure. Initially distant, it draws you in with its wonderful delineation and persistency on the finish. It is always a pleasure to visit the indefatigable Mounir Saouma at his hideaway winery just off the Beaune periphique. He is a winemaker you can jest with, and he is often victim of my sardonic Essex humor (for example, when enthusing about obtaining one of five barrels of a premier cru, I dryly enquired whether the other four were sold off for distillation - I would not say that to Aubert de Villaine.) And I appreciate Mounir's wines. They used to taste a little too fat and almost over-powering in their youth, but I think he is fine-tuning his reductive winemaking style, achieving more freshness and vitality. I tasted his 2012 reds since the whites were still undergoing malolactic. Among the tidal wave of opinions, one that he emphasized was that to capture the quality of the vintage under cork, the wines should be bottled late, and not in spring when Burgundy will resound to the clinking of glass. Mounir also told me that he paid 50% more from wines in 2012 than in 2011, but that he intends to keep prices within 15% increase. Importers: Vintus LLC, Pleasantville, NY; tel. (914) 769-3000, Atherton Imports, Menlo Park, CA; tel. (650) 328-6639
Medium red. Very closed nose hints at redcurrant, leather and earth, with herb and spice nuances. Fresh red berry and cherry flavors show a salty character and convey an impression of strong dry extract. Plenty of power here but still youthfully unevolved. "From active limestone," according to Mounir Saouma, which explains the wine's tactile, saline, vibrant quality. Very long on the aftertaste. I may be underrating this wine today.
Pure, unbridled tension and minerality are at the heart of the 2012 Volnay Les Caillerets. The 2012 is also much more expressive and open at this stage than is often the case. One of the many standouts in this range, the Caillerets is super-impressive today.