exactly the kind of family story and sense of place we build our shelves around
A perfect energy on the palate very different than the 2022 and 2023 vintages that offered more lush
The resulting wine is sturdy
A textbook light red--bright red fruit
the wines from this site always show a slimmer profile
2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay No Sulphites exactly the kind of familyRed cherry, raspberry, rose petal, and a thread of chalky earth airy and caressing, with the kind of silky texture that makes Volnay famous and the kind of precision that makes Lafarge a reference. Certified organic and Demeter certified biodynamic, 50 year old vines on clay limestone, native yeast, 18 months in barrel. Three generations of the same family, the same village, the same conviction Frdric and Clothilde Lafarge making Volnay the way it was