2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Sake 5th generation winemaker Frederic Magnien

5th generation winemaker Frederic Magnien only works with certified Organic vineyards

This epitomizes decadence

part light red — entirely thrilling

falls somewhere between orange

Founded by ninth-generation Californian James Ontiveros

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Sake 5th generation winemaker Frederic MagnienRed cherry, raspberry, rose petal, and a thread of chalky earth airy and caressing, with the kind of silky texture that makes Volnay famous and the kind of precision that makes Lafarge a reference. Certified organic and Demeter certified biodynamic, 50 year old vines on clay limestone, native yeast, 18 months in barrel. Three generations of the same family, the same village, the same conviction Frdric and Clothilde Lafarge making Volnay the way it was