2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu Volnay Premier Cru, France Le Sincette and pulsating mineral power

and pulsating mineral power

this white wine combines the characteristics of great wines: profoundness

beautiful mixing glass sized large enough to batch your next round of Manhattans

providing exceptional drainage to the hillside vineyard

The resulting wine born of tiny yields—1-ton per acre—has a powerful mid-palate structure that tastes like $50 Pinot Noir

2022 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu Volnay Premier Cru, France Le Sincette and pulsating mineral powerFrom the southern slope of Volnays famed Les Santenots du Milieu (on clay limestone above Meursault), this 100% Pinot Noir is farmed organically and harvested by hand. Fermentation is native yeast with 50% whole clusters (in 2022), followed by levage of 18 22 months in barrel (1 3 new oak) before bottling with minimal sulfur.