Bouchard Pere & Fils Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot Premier Cru (1.5 Liter Magnum) 2017

Professional Ratings

• 95 Wine Spectator

  Fine purity, silkiness and harmony set the stage for aromas and flavors of flowers, cherry, toasty oak and spice. Features a minerally undercurrent, while the finish goes on for close to a minute. Best from 2022 through 2038.

• 94 Decanter
  Bouchard has a substantial holding of 3.75ha in Cailleret Dessus, a vineyard it has owned since 1775, all located on shallow clay soils over a limestone bedrock. This is a finely balanced, nuanced Volnay that combines finesse with precision, concentration with depth. Zesty, chalky and long on the palate.
• 92 James Suckling
  From the heart of the appellation, this has a lot of violet-fruit aromas with a poached-cherry and red-plum core and deep-set spice notes, as well as chalky elements. The theme continues to a chalky texture from the limestone bedrock with fine, compressed tannins and bright red cherries. Drink across the first decade.
  Barrel Sample: 91-92
• 92 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2017 Volnay 1er Cru Les Caillerets Ancienne Cuvée Carnot is already extremely charming, bursting from the glass with a lavish bouquet of cassis, dried rose petals, coniferous forest floor and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, supple and satiny, with an elegantly textural attack, a nicely concentrated core of fruit and lively acids, concluding with a precise, vibrant finish.
• 91 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  COMMENTARY: The 2017 Bouchard Père & Fils Volnay Les Caillerets Premier Cru Ancienne Cuvée Carnot is one of the standard-bearers of the appellation. TASTING NOTES: This wine delivers the complete package. Its aromas and flavors of zesty and biting red fruits should pair it deliciously with grilled salmon fillets. (Tasted: March 14, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
• 91 Wine & Spirits

  This parcel, 9.3 acres, has been part of Bouchard’s domaine since 1775, the first vineyard purchased by the firm. It produces a dense, earthy Volnay, the wine’s dark cherry-skin flavors resonating within those earthy depths. Full-bore richness makes this a little intense as a young wine, its structure and fruit density built for age. 

• 90 Jasper Morris

  A little more smudged at the edges and softer in bouquet. Crushed strawberries and fully ripe raspberries. Perhaps just a little heat. Could have been picked earlier, perhaps, but good in its style.