{"title":"Domaine Michel Lafarge","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamily domaine in Volnay, Côte de Beaune. First estate-bottled wines in 1934, including Clos des Chênes. Run today by Frédéric Lafarge and his daughter Clothilde. Biodynamic farming, traditional winemaking, very little new oak.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2023-domaine-lafarge-aligote","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Aligote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFewer than 350 cases made. Pear, bread dough, white flowers, lemon curd, a saline mineral finish — and a richness and depth that stops you in your tracks for a regional Aligoté. This is \"Raisins Dorés\" — the golden-berried, late-ripening biotype of Aligoté, planted in 1937 on deep clay-limestone in Volnay, whole cluster pressed, fermented with native yeasts, aged 15–18 months in used barrel. Certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic. The Lafarge family has been in Volnay since the early 1800s — three generations of people who understood that great farming matters more than the name on the label. This is why.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48872121630947,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/7AD46D9F-EB4B-4721-8F4E-52E76F32842E.jpg?v=1777394034"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFewer than 375 cases made. Green apple, pear, citrus, a touch of hazelnut — precise and racy, with lively acidity and a mineral finish. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Meursault is Chardonnay from a single hectare planted in 1968 on clay-limestone, certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, whole cluster pressed, native yeast, 12–16 months in barrel. Lafarge is one of the great old families of Volnay — they came to Meursault later, but they brought the same discipline that has made their reds legendary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichel passed in 2020; Frédéric and Clothilde carry it forward. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48872126906595,"sku":null,"price":97.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/8A80C85D-675A-410A-A690-020F9CC8EF24.jpg?v=1777394091"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-volnay","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRed cherry, raspberry, rose petal, and a thread of chalky earth — airy and caressing, with the kind of silky texture that makes Volnay famous and the kind of precision that makes Lafarge a reference. Certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, 50-year-old vines on clay-limestone, native yeast, 18 months in barrel. Three generations of the same family, the same village, the same conviction — Frédéric and Clothilde Lafarge making Volnay the way it was meant to be made, with nothing added and nothing taken away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48872128577763,"sku":null,"price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/8807DD2D-13D6-4E01-B528-427048655436.jpg?v=1777394190"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-colnay-vendanges-selectionnees","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Vendanges Selectionnees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDeeper, darker, and more serious than the village Volnay — red cherry and plum, violet, spice, chalky earth, and a mid-palate density that hints at the premier cru parcels this wine borders. The \"Vendanges Sélectionnées\" is Lafarge's old vine selection, averaging 50 years, from multiple parcels in the heart of Volnay facing southeast on clay-limestone — parcels that sit directly against Les Mitans. Certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, native yeast, 18 months in barrel, one racking, 7% new oak. The same family, the same discipline — just older vines, deeper roots, more to say.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48872133591267,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/7F3EFD07-8951-433A-A466-28F55008F235.jpg?v=1777394327"},{"product_id":"2022-domaine-michel-lafarge-beaune-premier-cru-aigrots-rouge","title":"2022 Domaine Michel Lafarge Beaune Premier Cru Aigrots Rouge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFewer than 300 cases made. Crushed strawberry, red cherry, violet, and a thread of leather and warm earth — plump and generous on the palate, with soft-pile tannins and a mineral grip that pulls the finish long. Les Aigrots sits between Clos des Mouches and Champs Pimont on clay-limestone and red clay soils, vines planted in 1949, 1964, and 2012 — certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, 100% destemmed, native yeast, 15% new oak, unfined, unfiltered. This is Beaune from the family that defined Volnay — same discipline, different address, and one of the Côte de Beaune's quietly essential premier crus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875027333347,"sku":null,"price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/89B08DE5-9A47-43DA-947D-4EE4183BCDDB.jpg?v=1777394920"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-volnay-premier-cru-les-caillerets","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Premier Cru Les Caillerets","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row-start-1 col-start-1 min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"min-w-0 pl-2 py-1.5\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row-start-2 col-start-1 relative grid isolate min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row-start-1 col-start-1 relative z-[2] min-w-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3 standard-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe 2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay \"Les Caillerets\" comes from a walled parcel on clay-rich, limestone-stony soils at the southern edge of Volnay — one of the appellation's greatest terroirs, farmed certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOrange zest, red berry, and a whisper of earth — medium-bodied, fine-boned, and luminously elegant, with a salty, energetic minerality on the finish that Frédéric Lafarge himself calls the defining character of this terroir. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHorse-cultivated, native yeast, unfined, unfiltered. A note worth knowing: this vintage includes the first production from a newly trellised planting, cultivated entirely by horse — even at Lafarge, the work of getting it right is never finished. Three generations of family, one of Volnay's most soulful addresses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875036967139,"sku":null,"price":131.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/A6A24BD2-F636-4D2C-A682-88CE4CC747BA.jpg?v=1777395048"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-clos-des-chenes-premier-cru","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Clos Des Chenes Premier Cru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eBlack cherry, plum, violet, warm spice, and a deep mineral core — precise and focused.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay \"Clos des Chênes\" comes from the domaine's flagship holding — 0.9 hectares at the northeast corner, where Taillepieds, Champans, and Caillerets all converge in a single wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, native yeast, very low new oak, unfined, unfiltered. The first wines from this domaine were bottled in 1934 — Clos des Chênes among them — and ninety years later it remains the wine that defines what Volnay can be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875040506083,"sku":null,"price":264.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/C09409D2-0B95-4B9A-A221-5FF960F989CF.jpg?v=1777395147"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-volnay-clos-du-chateau-des-ducs-premier-cru","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Clos du Chateau des Ducs Premier Cru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCherry, dark berry, orange rind, spice, and a quiet thread of old wood — medium-bodied, refined, and quintessentially Volnay, with a warmth and generosity that sets it apart from the more austere Clos des Chênes. The 2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge \"Clos du Château des Ducs\" is a true clos and a true monopole — 0.57 hectares located literally in the garden of the domaine, vines planted between 1946 and 1985 on deep brown clay over limestone, walled on all sides, facing southeast at 290 meters. Certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, 100% destemmed by hand, native yeast, 18 months in older barrels, unfiltered. Michel Lafarge's father acquired this parcel in 1900 — and when you open it, you can feel all of that. Give it time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48875042177251,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/0200FE92-2863-41BF-8D89-7FCBFDF40ACF.jpg?v=1777395177"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-michel-lafarge-bourgogne-passetoutgrain-lexception","title":"2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Bourgogne Passetoutgrain L'exception","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoughly 250-325 cases made per year depending on the vintage. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eRed cherry, wild strawberry, raspberry, a whisper of pepper and earth — transparent, vibrant, and alive, with Gamay's bright acidity lifting the Pinot's structure into something that drinks like a cool summer evening in Volnay. The 2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge \"L'Exception\" is a 50\/50 co-planted field blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay from a single one-hectare parcel in Les Lombois — vines planted in 1928, grown together, harvested together, vinified together, as they have been for nearly a century. Certified organic and Demeter-certified biodynamic, concrete tank fermentation, native yeast, 15–18 months in used barrel, unfined, unfiltered. Passetoutgrain is Burgundy's most ancient red wine tradition — the blending of Pinot and Gamay in the same vat — and almost nobody does it like this anymore. Clothilde Lafarge's great-grandfather planted these vines. That's the whole story.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"West Palm Wine Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48899440279779,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0667\/3147\/5171\/files\/35EF532E-3CE5-49FF-9361-97BF36E29E16.jpg?v=1777661023"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.westpalmwine.com\/collections\/domaine-michel-lafarge.oembed","provider":"West Palm Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}