2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Les Vignes de Paradis after our mainstay Gewürztraminer farmer

after our mainstay Gewürztraminer farmer lost her crop to steady rains that pummeled the valley in late-September

and 9% wheat

concentrated and fiery

• Fermented in oak barriques

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos du Chateau des Ducs, Volnay Premier Cru, France Les Vignes de Paradis after our mainstay Gewürztraminer farmerfrom the domaines walled monopole in the heart of Volnay on very shallow, stony limestone with thin brown clay; farmed biodynamically and harvested by hand. Fruit is rigorously sorted with a measured share of whole clusters 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 (no new oak) with minimal racking; SO is added only after malolactic, and