2021 Domaine Michel Lafarge, Volnay Subregion_Saumur-Champigny

2021 Domaine Michel Lafarge, Volnay Subregion_Saumur-ChampignyDomaine Michel Lafarge is a multi generational estate based in the village of Volnay, where the family has been producing wine since the 19th century and pioneered the shift to full biodynamic farming in 2000. This wine is made from Pinot Noir grown on the limestone rich soils that define the appellations unique character. In the glass, it shows bright red berry fruit, distinct floral aromatics, and a fine, silken texture. The 2021 vintage was marked

or a wide variety of desserts including crème brûlée

characterized by a cool

These are regal wines and compelling examples of the ’21 vintage

After supplying wine to merchants from their extensive vineyard holdings for quite some time

where winemaker Riccardo Baldi manages his family’s vineyards using organic practices

an early adoption shows the care with which the vineyards have been treated for nearly three decades

and clay topsoils sitting directly atop a Jurassic limestone subsoil

who has given Gaudry use as thanks for his work helping to farm Clos Neore

and the Chave family is one of its most important caretakers

they represent some of the most complete bottles of the category

The Moscato in this Extra Dry adds lovely rich and fruity aromas to a traditional dry Vermouth that uses mostly gentian root and gentian flowers as its bittering component

Breton utilizes organic viticulture and whole-cluster carbonic maceration followed by aging in neutral Burgundy barrels to emphasize transparency and structural definition