Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots du Milieu 2023 100925OFFER 2023 was a swing year

2023 was a swing year in Anjou-Saumur

While the Domfrontais appellation requires a minimum of 30% pear

and fermentation starts on its own

just before the estate transitioned to the Lorenzetti family in 2021

It has settled into that lovely middle place

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots du Milieu 2023 100925OFFER 2023 was a swing yearA quirk of Burgundy law: Les Santenots du Milieu sits physically in the commune of Meursault, but when planted to Pinot Noir it is classified as Volnay 1er Cru and this site is Lafon's classic red, sourced from iron rich soils that give the wine its dark fruit and savory depth. Dominique Lafon's biodynamic farming and unhurried levage shape a Volnay that's structured but never austere, the kind of red that ages gracefully for two decades or more. One