The 2015 Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets is a blend of 40- and 80-year-old vineyards and was completely de-stemmed this year; it has an opulent and extravagant bouquet with marmalade and orange sorbet notes suffusing the kirsch, cassis and black cherry scents. I would prefer to see a little more restraint here. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent ripe red fruit, touches of dark chocolate and savory notes developing towards the second half that will need a couple of years to fully absorb the 30% new oak. I would just like to feel the terroir more here.

The 2014 Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets, which is completely destemmed, has a very fine, quite precise bouquet, though perhaps not quite as flamboyant as the Clos des Angles. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and moderate density, but perhaps just missing a little complexity coming after the Clos des Angles. Let's see how this turns out in bottle. I'd like to see more terroir coming through.