Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chenes 2023 Region_Chianti This is a practical cellar-builder

This is a practical cellar-builder for wine people who want real Bordeaux structure at a sane price

In the cellar

The wine’s light body

and aged in neutral vessels before blending

converting both Leflaive and his own estate in 1991 and earning certification by 1997

Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Chenes 2023 Region_Chianti This is a practical cellar-builderThe Land Clos des Chenes occupies the middle and lower slopes of Volnay's southern end, where four of the appellation's premier crus converge: Clos des Chenes, Caillerets, Taille Pieds, and Champans. Lafarge's parcel sits on the lower, convex portion of the slope, where soils are shallow red clay just 28 to 38 centimeters deep over limestone bedrock. That iron rich ground gives the wine a darker, more structured profile than the lighter soils higher