2009 Volnay, Vendanges Sélectionnées, Domaine Michel Lafarge, Burgundy

2009 Volnay, Vendanges Sélectionnées, Domaine Michel Lafarge, Burgundy

Product: 20091040001
 
2009 Volnay, Vendanges Sélectionnées, Domaine Michel Lafarge, Burgundy

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Description

Monsieur Lafarge has possibly forgotten more about making incredible Volnays than most will ever know. So excellent was his range in 2009 though, it's clear he's not missing any tricks in his 7th decade of wine making!

The Volnay, Vendanges Selectionées is a blend of some of his best parcels from across the village and this excellence is evident from the start: A thick perfumed nose of red fruits and sous-bois escape from the glass as soon as the wine is poured. This is followed in the mouth by concentrated raspberry and cherry, which is accompanied from the off by nice round tannins, which continue well, forming a long, moreish finish. A Lafarge wine is a must-have in the cellar and this is an excellent place to start!
Fine Wine Team

Lafarge's Vendanges Séléctionées cuvee is a subtler wine than the straight Volnay, yet with greater depth. The fruit needs coaxing out at first but then shows darker notes and a very impressive finish.
Jasper Morris MW, Buyer

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Jancis Robinson MW17/20
Racked just before the harvest. Lots of integrity and sap. Round and sappy – full blown and fun.
Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com, January 2011 Read more

About this WINE

Domaine Michel Lafarge

Domaine Michel Lafarge

Following the sad passing of Michel in January 2020, his son Frédéric and granddaughter Clothilde maintain his legacy – producing some of the greatest wines in Volnay.

There’s nothing modern in the winemaking at Domaine Michel Lafarge, though the meticulous care for their biodynamically farmed vineyards puts them at the forefront of viticultural practices.

In the vineyard
Vineyard work is usually assisted by the estate’s hens, who eat up any lurking pests. In ’14, Frédéric and Chantal (maiden name Vial) Lafarge decided to buy some Beaujolais vineyards, starting in Fleurie before expanding into Chiroubles and the Côte de Brouilly. The vineyards had all previously been run organically, and that continues under the Lafarge-Vial stewardship – along with biodynamic treatments.

In the winery
The grapes are destemmed and vinified traditionally; very little new oak is used in the cellar.

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Volnay

Volnay

The finest and most elegant red wines of the Côte de Beaune are grown in Volnay, a village which might be twinned with Chambolle- Musigny in the Côte de Nuits, for the high active chalk content in the soil and comparatively low clay content.

Whereas in earlier times Volnay was made in a particularly light, early drinking style, these days there are many producers making wines which age extremely well. The best vineyards run either side of the RN73 trunk road.
  • 98 hectares of village Volnay
  • 115 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards (35 in all). The finest include Les Taillepieds, Clos des Chênes, Champans, Caillerets (including Clos des 60 Ouvrées) and Santenots in Meursault.
  • Recommended producers:  LafargeLafonde Montille

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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