Name: Les Caillerets
Brand: Domaine de La Pousse d'Or
SKU: FR-LEA-LAPR16

2022 Technical Specifications

FR-LEA-LAPR16-2022

Alcohol 13.0%

Grape Varieties 100% Pinot Noir

Classification Volnay Premier Cru AOC/AOP

Region Les Caillerets

Critics Ratings 90–93 points (Burghound)

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2021 Technical Specifications

FR-LEA-LAPR16-2021

Alcohol 13.0%

Grape Varieties 100% Pinot Noir

Classification Volnay Premier Cru AOC/AOP

Region Les Caillerets

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2016 Technical Specifications

FR-LEA-LAPR16-2016

Region Les Caillerets

Bottling Date Feb 2018

Contains Added Sulfites Yes

Production Volume 1,000 bottles

Bottles1,000

Production Details The 2016 wines were made with very limited sulfur and bottled in February 2018.

Tasting Notes Black cherry, cassis, spice, noticeable wood and menthol; ample volume, sappy and palate-coating medium body, pronounced minerality, and a dusty, mildly dry finish attributed by the critic to recent bottling.

Critics Ratings 91 points (Burghound)

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2015 Technical Specifications

FR-LEA-LAPR16-2015

Region Les Caillerets

Oak Details 30% First Fill New Oak

First Fill New Oak30%

Production Details Vinified with 30% whole clusters and aged in 30% new oak; Patrick Landanger reported that the wine received slightly too much pigeage.

Tasting Notes Bright dark ruby; bitter chocolate oak note, black cherry, violet and licorice; sweet and pliant palate, complex and long aftertaste, and serious, youthfully assertive tannins.

Critics Ratings 90–92 points (Burghound); 91–93 points (Stephen Tanzer/Vinous)

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