日本代购-ラファルジュのモノポール(単独所有)の畑。砂利の多い土壌をもち、三方を家屋に囲まれているため暖かなミクロクリマとなっている。ブドウは完熟し、果実味が高く、キメ細かなタンニンはよく溶け込んでいる。ラズベリーやダークチェリーのリッチなアロマ。エレガントなのど越しは、まさに芸術品。≪パーカーポイント 94‐96点!≫2020 Domaine Michel Lafarge Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs The Wine Advocate RP (94-96)Reviewed by:William KelleyRelease Price:NADrink Date:N/AThe 2020 Volnay 1er Cru Clos du Château des Ducs is liable to overshadow even the emblematic Clos des Chênes this year. Offering up a profound bouquet of blackberries, sweet spices, rose petals, orange rind, summer truffles and forest floor, it's medium to full-bodied, velvety and immensely concentrated, with lively acids, abundant but almost imperceptible tannins and a long, saline finish. Frédéric Lafarge isn't given to overstatement, so when he declares 2020 to be "a very great vintage," without hesitation or qualification, it carries some weight. Simply tasting the Lafarge wines, however, without any commentary, would lead any taster to arrive at the same conclusion, as this is another magical portfolio from this Volnay reference point. Beautifully balanced, with vibrant acids, ripe tannins and moderate alcohols, one would never guess that all these reds were picked between August 20 and August 28 (the domaine's Aligoté came in the better part of a month later). Ultimately, time will tell which of the 2018–2019–2020 trio emerges as the most successful at this address (and in all three, the Lafarge family produced some of the wines of the vintage), but all serious Burgundy lovers are going to want a sampling of each in their cellars. Published: Jan 21, 2022