2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Sake falls somewhere between orange

falls somewhere between orange

This epitomizes decadence

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2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Sake falls somewhere between orangeRed 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