2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Emme Wines on clay-limestone and marl soils

on clay-limestone and marl soils

long-time friend

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

The processing of the Bordiga Amari takes place according to the original recipes refined over the years

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Emme Wines on clay-limestone and marl soilsfrom 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