Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Caillerets other_regions_italy plum and spicy oak

plum and spicy oak

Closes with subtle tannic grip

the 2012 Siepi is a beautiful wine that bursts open with enormous fruit intensity and purity

the other 10% is Cabernet Franc

and the wine was matured for 18 months in 45% new French oak

Lucien Le Moine, Volnay Caillerets other_regions_italy plum and spicy oakReduction masks the underlying fruit though does not extend to the palate of the much, much finer if decidedly less powerful flavors that exude evident minerality and underlying tension before culminating in a bitter cherry infused finish. I like the depth though the dusty finish is somewhat short at present. Note that my predicted range assumes that the length will sort itself out. (89 92) 2029+