{"product_id":"michel-lafarge-volnay-clos-du-ch-des-ducs-1er-2018","title":"Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay Clos du Ch des Ducs 1er 2018","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productDescription\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003eRP \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; display: inline !important; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003e(94-96) - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left; display: inline !important; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003eThe Wine Advocate - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.robertparker.com\/author\/qAmyK6XuBGKWfPQHq\" style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Libre Franklin\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.0006px; text-align: left; color: rgba(160, 132, 54, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)'\u003eWilliam Kelley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003eIt will be very interesting to compare the 2018 Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs with the Clos des Chênes 20 years from now. Though the latter has long been the domaine's emblematic bottling, for several years the Lafarge family has taken to presenting Clos du Château des Ducs at the end of the tasting, and it's priced slightly higher too. Destemmed entirely by hand, the wine reveals a generous bouquet of sweet berries, licorice, rich soil tones, black truffles and spice, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate that's more expressive and enveloping, its textural attack segueing into a deep core, concluding with a long and precise finish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style='box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; font-style: italic; font-family: \"Libre Franklin\", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); background-color: rgba(250, 250, 250, 1)'\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family: \"Calibri Light\", \"Helvetica Light\", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)'\u003eFrédéric Lafarge and his daughter Clothilde—who is increasingly involved at the estate—were on fine form during my early-December visit to the domaine, and they have every reason to be, as these are quite simply some of the finest wines produced in all the Côte d'Or in the 2018 vintage. \"We debudded aggressively in spring to control yields,\" Lafarge told me, adding that the team refrained from working in the vineyards in the summer afternoons when the weather was warmest and the vines at their most stressed, as well as retaining a maximum of foliage to shade the fruiting zone from the intense sunshine. \"Burgundy's rhythms are changing, and we have to adapt,\" Frédéric concluded, but he seems energized rather than daunted by the challenge. The 2018 portfolio chez Lafarge is deep, concentrated, exquisitely elegant and—above all—lively and dynamic, in a vintage where the nexus of all four of those qualities is rare, for all the lovely wines that have been produced. I hope to devote some time to a longer piece on this benchmark estate, but for now, as the accompanying tasting notes will make clear, all these wines come warmly recommended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wine Clique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55325078388904,"sku":"BGD06490007","price":435.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/3316\/6248\/files\/BC_Upload_fa7d1076-5fa2-4bdd-a735-c31ff760e1fe.png?v=1773305757","url":"https:\/\/www.wine-clique.com\/products\/michel-lafarge-volnay-clos-du-ch-des-ducs-1er-2018","provider":"Wine Clique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}