2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Les Aigrots Rouge Beaune Premier Cru, France Itata The Winemakers and Their Recipes

The Winemakers and Their Recipes

Vinification: Grapes are harvested by hand and bunches are left to macerate on their skins for up to 40 hours before press

it’s just beginning to enter its long drinking window

The lots were fermented separately but employed similar methods – 100% whole cluster

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Les Aigrots Rouge Beaune Premier Cru, France Itata The Winemakers and Their RecipesVine Age: Planted in 1949, 1964, 2012 Terroir: Clay limestone gravelly soil with red clay Viticulture: Certified organic (Ecocert) and biodynamic (Demeter) Vinification: 100% de stemmed, whole grape vinification, indigenous yeast fermentation, 15% new oak, unfined, unfiltered. '23 Lafarge arrives Jan 2026.