2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu Volnay Premier Cru, France Le Sincette ambient yeast fermentation and aging

ambient yeast fermentation and aging for 12+ months in barrels (15-30% new)

Taking over the family business in 2009

Primary fermentation in stainless followed by second fermentation in bottle

The resulting wine born of tiny yields—1-ton per acre—has a powerful mid-palate structure that tastes like $50 Pinot Noir

2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu Volnay Premier Cru, France Le Sincette ambient yeast fermentation and agingFrom the southern slope of Volnays famed Les Santenots du Milieu (on clay limestone above Meursault), this 100% Pinot Noir is farmed organically and harvested by hand. Fermentation is native yeast with 50% whole clusters (in 2022), followed by levage of 18 22 months in barrel (1 3 new oak) before bottling with minimal sulfur.