2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Premier Cru Les Caillerets

The 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.

Orange 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. 

Horse-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.