2009 Volnay, Vendanges Sélectionnées, Domaine Michel Lafarge, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Pinot Noir
Ready, but will improve
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 17/20
Product: 20091040001
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
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
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2009
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine Michel Lafarge
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 17/20
Racked just before the harvest. Lots of integrity and sap. Round and sappy – full blown and fun. jancis_robinson_mw MW, JancisRobinson.com, January 2011
About this wine
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.
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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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