2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Pitures, Volnay Premier Cru, France 1.5L Magnum Ghostwriter 2020 Limited Addition

2020 Limited Addition

the finished distillate is reduced with spring water and cane sugar

A Jura gem: saline

the Island Madeiras offer extraordinary character at a miraculously affordable price

moved to barrels and puncheons (15% new) to complete fermentation

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Pitures, Volnay Premier Cru, France 1.5L Magnum Ghostwriter 2020 Limited AdditionFrom old vine parcels in the stony, mid slope Pitures climat on very shallow limestone with thin brown clay; the domaine farms biodynamically and harvests by hand. Grapes are rigorously sorted, with a measured share of whole clusters used when stems are perfectly ripe, then fermented with indigenous yeasts in open vats with gentle extraction. levage runs 1418 months in older 228 L pices with no new oak, minimal racking, and SO added only after