Volnay Santenots du Milieu 1er Cru, Comtes Lafon (magnum) - 2019

Provenance: Burgundy
Appellation: Volnay
Domain: Comtes Lafon
Grape variety(ies): Pinot noir (la moyenne d'âge est supérieure à 30 ans, les plus vieilles vignes ont 60 ans, les plus jeunes 3 ans).
On-call time: 30 years
Alcohol degree: 14%
Classement: Premier Cru

From one of the greatest red wine terroirs of the Côte de Beaune, which some even consider a Quais Grand Cru, this middle Santenots is a spectacular success. It exudes cherry, violet, blackberry and creosote notes, and its full-bodied, perfectly deployed texture and superb tannic base are of extreme finesse. A wine of great purity and complexity. A great Burgundy for laying down!

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Technique

Viticulture

This is the best part of the Santenots appellation, once classified as the top of the range by Dr Lavalle. In several parcels that Jules Lafon (Dominique's great-grandfather and founder of the estate) bought successively, it is a total of 3.8 hectares of vines. Exposed to the East, with very clayey red soil, not very deep on a hard limestone subsoil, the site is very sunny and precocious.

Oenology

After sorting, the grapes are received by a de-stemmer that respects the integrity of the logs as much as possible. Fermentation starts spontaneously and slowly. The grapes are devatted and pressed after 15/20 days of maceration. The wine is put into barrels by gravity. The proportion of new barrels is about 1/3. Bottling is scheduled after 18 or 22 months of ageing.