WTN: 2006 Voillot Volnay Les Caillerets

A fine way to spend a Thursday evening in Paris is with the 2006 Voillot Volnay Les Caillerets, which opens a bit tart and straight but quickly gains a bit of depth and lots and lots of lacy elegance. Nicely evolved but still succulent and with a juicy nugget core of Burgundy sap.

The tannins are framing it fairly delicately, although there is still room to resolve further. Yet, it was lacy elegant fun for me tonight, so I am not complaining.

[Jenise]

Sounds great; I just love Volnay, the aromatics are for me perhaps the most seductive in all of Burgundy. Enjoy Paris!

...I just love Volnay, the aromatics are for me perhaps the most seductive in all of Burgundy...

Maybe I don't have enough experience, but I don't think I could pin down significant village-level variation in the seductiveness of the aromatics. Pretty fine aromatics coming out of Vosne (of course), but also plenty of 'lesser' villages, depending on the wine.

That said, I do love Volnay, and it is one of the four or five villages where I seem to drink the most Burgundy.

I've liked the Voillot wines in past, but limited experience (only have '05 village VV Volnay in cellar).
Lots of CdB '06s seem to be drinking well

[Jenise]

Rahsaan, once upon a time I had my first Pousse d'Or Volnay. The nose absolutely amazed me, and it's entirely possible that I over-imbue every Volnay since with my memory of that other wine. But I do think there's something special there akin to the Margaux nose among Bordeauxs.

...(only have '05 village VV Volnay in cellar)...

Also the only Voillot I have in my cellar! And it was drinking relatively well last year, so I got overconfident and tried an 05 Champans, which was not at all ready to be drunk. But, now that we're on this theme, I will probably try the 06 Champans tomorrow.

[David M. Bueker]

I shall dig up a bottle of the '05 Voillot Brouillards this fall, as part of my 2005 Burg check-in.

Following up on the Caillerets, tonight I went for the 2006 Voillot Volnay Les Champans. I expected it to show better than the Caillerets, because it has more plump easy fruit. However, while it shares some of the elegant lace of the 06 Caillerets, and does give some pleasure, it does not have the same exacting precision. Plus, tonight the plump easy fruit is a bit muddled. I’m sure each of these wines will have their time. But despite the tasty moments, tonight was not the day for this bottle to show its best.

So, ever in search of more taste treats, I also had 2015 Jacqueson Rully La Pucelle, which was ripe-ish golden nutty and zesty but also juicy fresh and crisp. Fun. Fun. Fun. Might have been even more impressive if the Grésigny was not also at hand.

Because the 2015 Jacqueson Rully Grésigny was amazing from the gate. Relatively-ripe and rippling with broad-ish citrus fruit, but with such clear crystalline mineral tactile cut and underlying power. This is my type of wine, as far as the Châlonnaise goes.