Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Chenes Vintage:2012 classically austere Barolo that will

classically austere Barolo that will especially delight readers with traditionally leaning palates

a bit more saturated than the Secundum

My most recent visit to Gaja was quite an experience

300 bottles of this vintage were made

The 2001 Barolo Sarmassa (magnum) flows onto the palate with crushed rose petals

Michel Lafarge, Volnay Clos Chenes Vintage:2012 classically austere Barolo that will(from 45+ year old vines that sit just above Champans). A brooding but wonderfully fresh nose mingles notes of various red berries, spice, earth and plenty of floral influences. The sleek, intense and muscular largescaled flavors possess excellent power before culminating in a stony and hugely long finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. This too is explicitly built for the long haul and is a wine thats going to need at least a decade first.