2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Les Vignes de Paradis and 50% in 225L for

and 50% in 225L for 8 months

and floral with a touch of tropical fruit

and 9% wheat

2015 was their first vintage of this bottling

TASTE: Toasted wood and vanilla with a light mouthfeel

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Les Vignes de Paradis and 50% in 225L forfrom 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