Amazing opportunity to acquire a bottle of Volnay, the highest cuvée coming from Les Grands Camps, from Bastian Wolber, one of the most promising raising stars in Burgundy. Laisse Tomber started out as a German project, first making wine in Baden. It has now expanded over the border to Burgundy, where Bastian found himself working for Jean-Yves Bizot, yet still expanding his production of wines made from bought organic or even biodynamic grapes from Burgundy, Alsace, and Germany. His influences have been many, but to my palate, Jean-Yves Bizot has left a strong impression on Bastian Wolber, whose first full vintage, 2022, shows a talent finding its focus. After sharing a cellar in Auxey-Duresses with Chris Santini (Santini Frères), Jonathan Purcell (Vin Noé), and Morgane Seuillot & Christian Knott (Domaine Dandelion) in 2020, Wolber has now moved to Volnay, where he has a small estate above Pousse d’Or. I am always extra aware when I find new talents that have a background at Domaine Bizot in Vosne-Romanée, as Jean-Yves Bizot produces some of the greatest and most mind-boggling Burgundies today. In more technical terms, these whole-cluster wines are made with semi-carbonic or even fully carbonic vinification depending on the duration of the carbonic process. An absolute unicorn at only 810 bottles made.