Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Yvon Clerget |
Label Name: | Volnay 1er Cru Caillerets |
Vintage: | 2019 |
Country: | France |
Region: | Burgundy — Volnay (Côte de Beaune) |
Volume: | 1500ml |
ABV: | 13.5% |
Grape(s): | Pinot Noir |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 3 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 4 |
Length: | 4 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 15-17°C |
Awards/Ratings
comparable Clerget premier-cru vintages earn high scores (many reviewers 91–95)
Tasting Note
Red cherry, raspberry and plum with floral lift, exotic spice and crushed-stone minerality; silky texture, fine-grained tannins and a long, elegant finish showing savory underbrush and subtle oak.
Food Pairing
Western: roast duck, roast chicken, mushroom risotto, pork loin, charcuterie, aged cheeses. Asian: Peking duck, hoisin or plum-glazed pork, teriyaki salmon, mushroom ramen, soy-braised short ribs.
Production Method
100% de-stemmed Pinot Noir, indigenous yeast fermentation, gentle extraction; matured in French oak barrels (2019: very small production, ~1 of 3 barrels new).
Vineyard Info
Domaine Y. (Yvon) Clerget is a small, family estate in Volnay with vineyard roots back to 1268; Thibaud Clerget resumed winemaking in 2015 and runs the domaine today.