Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Ducs Size:3x750ml A wonderfully complex earthy and

A wonderfully complex earthy and spicy dark berry fruit nose leads to delicious

sweet and rounded

with tobacco

warm earth and violets

I had the opportunity to taste verticals of 2 of La Rioja Altas wines

Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Ducs Size:3x750ml A wonderfully complex earthy and(from 50+ year old vines; a monopole of the domaine). Lafarge explained that this was made from fruit that was destemmed by hand using what the Burgundians call a claie en osier, or a lattice made of wicker that was placed on top of a fermenter; this approach was sometimes used in the 19th C). A dazzlingly pure, fresh and soaring nose features notes of essence of red cherry, currant, spice and soft floral scents. While the medium weight flavors do not