2020 Volnay, Les Caillerets, 1er Cru, Domaine Henri Boillot, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Not ready
Jasper Morris MW
93-96/100
Allen Meadows
94/100
Product: 20208014548
2020 Volnay, Les Caillerets, 1er Cru, Domaine Henri Boillot, Burgundy

Description

This beauty possesses the spiciest nose in the range which is complemented by its notes of dark currant, floral wisps and a discreet touch of wood. The intense and beautifully delineated middle weight flavours possess a positively gorgeous silky texture of lace and grace that is almost delicate, all wrapped in a youthfully austere, complex and strikingly long finale. This is superb and very much worth your interest.

Drink from 2030 onward

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (April 2022)

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Henri Boillot

Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW 93-96/100
Even more intense purple than the Chevrets with a theme of intense brilliance and zest through the middle. The wood shows a bit at the moment though he has used less in his red wines this year. Will settle down. Just a touch soapy at the moment, but all the indications are of a grand vin. Sweet ripe cherries with a good thread of acidity.Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (October 2021)
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Oct 2021)
Allen Meadows 94/100
This beauty possesses the spiciest nose in the range which is complemented by its notes of dark currant, floral wisps and a discreet touch of wood. The intense and beautifully delineated middle weight flavours possess a positively gorgeous silky texture of lace and grace that is almost delicate, all wrapped in a youthfully austere, complex and strikingly long finale. This is superb and very much worth your interest.Drink from 2030 onwardallen_meadows, burghound_com.com (April 2022)
Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (Apr 2022)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Henri Boillot

Henri Boillot has in a very short space of time build an extraordinary reputation for the sheer quality of his Burgundy wines. To call the the Henri Boillot label a mini-negoce does the wines a great disservice as, although Henri does not own the vineyards from which the grapes are sourced, he farms them as meticulously as if they were is own. They are only ‘mini’ perhaps in the tiny levels of wine produced from each appellation. The meticulous and elegant Henri Boillot also owns and manages the Domaine founded by his grandfather. The sheer quality of these wines, including the impressive and exclusive Les Mouchères monopole, is testimony to the assiduous work he has done in both the vineyards and cellar. Herni's wines inlcude several Premier Crus from Meursault (Les Poruzots, Les Charmes, Les Genevrières, Les Perrières),  Puligny Montrachet (les Folatières, les Perrières, les Pucelles, les Mouchères), Chassagne-Montrachet (Chevenottes, Embrazees), Volnay and Savigny-les-Beaune.
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