Domaine Bitouzet-Prieur Volnay Les Caillerets 1er Cru 2017

This excellent location is known for its intense mineral wines; Unfortunately, Bitouzets only has enough to make barely three dishes. The nose is a little marked by own at the moment, but will absorb the wood in time; there is definite fruit and the stony, precise tannins to carry this.

François is keen to highlight the importance of the solidarity shown by the Côte Vignerons at the end of April when everyone came together to burn wet straw bales and create a cloud cover to stave off the frost. Without such action, it could well have been another disastrous outcome. Having avoided this threat, the rest of the season was fairly straightforward with careful vineyard management and harvest began on August 30th.