2006 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 89.9 points

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  3/1/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Maturing light red. Fascinating mix of ripe black cherry, mint, and soil. Medium to light weight. Chunky red fruit, tangy acidity, bitter chocolate, and a deep thread of earth which always seems to mark Lafarge Volnays. Just short of full maturity, excellent now, and a very good match to a decadently earthy duck dish.

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  8/25/2023 - Venice Al Likes this wine:

  Restaurant note. Nice nose of sauvage, spice and black cherry. High acid, mediocre vintage with great producer. Called semi- blind (Pinot) as Gevrey but on reveal not surprised. With a little time- black tea, earth, mushroom- very nice for the vintage. Kept filling out and improving - smokier and sweeter black and red fruit. Last sip was the best! Warrants 30-60+ minute decant.

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  3/25/2022 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points

  Medium translucent ruby color. Nose of plum blossom, airy violets, hints of deep soil, berry, iodine. Layers of pure red berry fruit cut with darker plum, iron bits, fine soil, and brier on the silky palate. Bright but elegant acidity balancing firmer, unobtrusive tannin. Longer finish of red raspberry, iron granules, earth, and bramble. Continuous bloom throughout the evening. Delightful wine.

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  11/4/2021 - Mag357 wrote:

  The nose is filled with scents of wet soil, and red and black fruits. There is a refined mouthfeel displaying balance between the chalk and the sweetness of the fruit profile, wrapped by a fine grained tannic core that finishes with moderate and gentle length. This wine has been picked ripe, and extraction is well judged for the vintage and the fruit profile. It is already a very good wine, and it is unclear if this will dramatically improve with more cellar time. I had some afterthoughts of keeping further this lone bottle before pulling the cork, and no regrets afterwards !

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  5/23/2020 - drwine2001 wrote:

  Two Volnays-d'Angerville and Lafarge (Home): Ruby core. Gamy (ok, let's call it what it is, which is slightly bretty) black fruit and earth aromas. Meatier, bigger, sappier, and more somber facade than the 2007 Angerville Champans drunk next to it. Much cleaner than the nose led me to believe, slightly chunky for Volnay, lots of spice and soil to complement the blackberry. Interesting and full of character. I've had variable experiences with this over the past 7 years and really enjoyed this bottle even despite (or maybe because of) its imperfections.
  
  After being left in the cellar overnight, it has increased in harmony, and its depth is even more impressive.

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