Volnay Favorite: Michel Lafarge - New and Old

"I've said this before but it bears repeating that while Lafarge almost never misses, he has again produced some outstanding wines."
-Allen Meadows

The wines of Chez Lafarge always leave a strong impression during our annual visit, with the 2023s being rather memorable. The wines reflect the poise, purity, and quiet confidence that define this historic Volnay estate. Both the reds and the whites are beautifully rendered, striking a rare balance between freshness and approachability, with remarkable transparency to site.

Certified organic and biodynamic

2019 Domaine Michel Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots Blanc
BH90-93 (Outstanding Top Value), VM90-92
"An overtly floral-suffused nose offers up notes of white fleshed fruit, lemon-lime and a whiff of mineral reduction. There is excellent punch to the stonier medium-bodied flavors where the chiseled and linear finish possesses plenty of underlying tension. This attractively dry and somewhat youthfully austere finish will need at least a few years of cellaring to add flesh and a bit more depth. Lovely and understated stuff."
-Allen Meadows

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Vendanges Selectionnées
JM91-93 (5 Stars), VM91-93, BH90-92 (Outstanding Top Value)
"10% new wood. A more definite purple colour. Lively raspberry, such stylish wines, not enormously more grip than the regular, perhaps an extra tannin at the very end, but the velvet covering lasts even longer at the back of the palate. Superb finesse Drink from 2030-2037."
-Jasper Morris

2017 Domaine Michel Lafarge Beaune 1er Cru Les Aigrots Rouge
BH90-92, VM90-92
"A more elegant, pure and airy nose features the cool essence of red cherry together with hints of wood, spice and violet. The highly energetic and intensely mineral-inflected flavors possess outstanding delineation before concluding in a chiseled, firm and youthfully austere finale. A wine of finesse but with punch."
-Allen Meadows

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Les Mitans
JM91-94, BH91-93 (Oustanding), VM91-93
"Perfumed aromas include those of red currant, dark pinot and a broader range of spice elements. There is again fine volume to the rich and relatively concentrated medium weight flavors that also flash evident minerality on the lightly austere, balanced and equally firm finale. Lovely."
-Allen Meadows

*September ETA for 2023s*

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