Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Ducs Vintage:2003 but this is a beautifully

but this is a beautifully precise wine

the edges are softening to a russet colour and the cigar-box edge is apparent

even with all of its forbidding tannin

Fresh fruit and not too much obvious tannin

Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Ducs Vintage:2003 but this is a beautifully(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