Michel Lafarge - Volnay Vendanges Selectionnees 2022 (750ml)
Price: $105.00
| Producer | Michel Lafarge |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Volnay |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 9184 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 94 Points
With its deeper colour and riper aromas of mulberry and pomegranate, the Vendanges Selectionées bottling is a marked step up from the regular village Volnay. The grapes come from four lieux-dits clustered in the centre of the village, touching the premiers crus; they are destemmed and gently fermented on native yeasts before ageing in cask with a tiny proportion of new wood (8%). The result has more tannin and chewiness. There is still a thread of nervous acidity that helps carry the wine to a winningly long finish. The Vendanges Selectionées is no ordinary village-level wine and merits a couple of years in bottle before opening. (Drink between 2025 - 2050)
By Charles Curtis MW
Jasper Morris: 91-93 Points
The best plots adjacent to the 1ers crus and with 10% new wood which the straight Volnay does not get. A little more fruit density on the nose with a burst of red fruit energy on the palate a tannin or two waiting to complete the rounding out process the small percentage of new wood still evident at this stage. There is that much more to it than the regular Volnay in 2022. By Jasper Morris
dVinous: 90-92 Points
The 2022 Volnay Vendange Sélectionée comes from four lieux-dits that touch the Premier Crus whose fruit has more complexity. The fruit is slightly darker and yes more complex than the regular cuvée. The palate is medium-bodied and very harmonious; the 5-10% new oak binds this cuvée together nicely. There?s good depth again maybe a little Pommard-like structurally with a dense finish. Great potential. (Drink between 2028 - 2045). By Neal Martin
Burghound: 90-92 Points
A slightly more deeply pitched nose grudgingly offers up its blend of poached plum black currant spice and just enough wood to notice. The old vines are in evidence as the medium-bodied flavors are noticeably denser and more powerful with plenty of sappy dry extract buffering the firmer tannic spine shaping the sneaky long balanced and youthfully austere finale. This is almost always excellent and so it is again in 2022. (Drink starting 2032) By Allen Meadows
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