2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Emme Wines Years past “Kind of Orange”

Years past “Kind of Orange” was made from Sauvignon Blanc from Mendocino

95% Sangiovese

with the rest equal parts Malbec

iron-rich schist soils on Côte Brune’s steep slopes

The fruit was fermented open-air in a traditional oak French cuve

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Emme Wines Years past “Kind of Orange”from the domaines walled monopole in the heart of Volnay on very shallow, stony limestone with thin brown clay; farmed biodynamically and harvested by hand. Fruit is rigorously sorted with a measured share of whole clusters when stems are perfectly ripe, then fermented with indigenous yeasts in open vats with gentle extraction. levage runs 1418 months in older 228 L pices (no new oak) with minimal racking; SO is added only after malolactic, and