2016 Volnay Carelles
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Tasting notes
Tasting notes
Score 17/20 · Drink 2025-2040, Jancis Robinson MW, Jan 2018
Some intensity and interesting smudginess – recalls a boudoir somehow. Lots of fruit and more subtle ingredients hurtling around on the palate. (JR)
Critic scores
Critic scores
91
91/100
Average Score
17
17/20
Jancis Robinson MW
91
91/100
Jancis Robinson MW
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89 - 91 points
Neal Martin, Wine Advocate
Score 89-91/100 · Drink 2020-2035, Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, Dec 2017
The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru Les Carelles, located next to Champans, includes around 10% stems from bunches deemed worthy as they entered the vat. It has a crisp, focused, almost Pommard-like bouquet with subtle undergrowth scents and black pepper infusing the mainly red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, just a hint of latté infusing the red fruit from the wood that will be subsumed with age. I like the density here, although it just does not quite deliver the killer blow on the finish like the Caillerets.
91 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 91/100 · Jancis Robinson MW
92 points
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Score 92/100 · Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
About the producer
Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley