Michel Lafarge, Volnay Caillerets other_regions spice and a hint of

spice and a hint of fennel

herbal tea and lemon zest

and it needs a couple of years in bottle to digest the wood

serious and palate staining

rich and concentrated big-bodied flavors that possess obvious muscle and simply fantastic length on the overtly austere

Michel Lafarge, Volnay Caillerets other_regions spice and a hint of(from a parcel measuring 7ouvres, or around . 3 ha of 40+ year old vines). A gorgeously spiced nose offers up notes of plum, kirsch, earth, lilac and violet nuances. There is excellent mid palate concentration to the intensely mineral driven and impressively rich medium bodied flavors that possess a really lovely sense of underlying tension, all wrapped in a wonderfully complex, persistent and well balanced finale. This is well worth considering. (91