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2021 Volnay, Dominique Lafon, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful (Drink 2024 - 2034)
Jancis Robinson MW
16.5/20
Neal Martin
86-88/100
William Kelley
87-88/100
Jasper Morris MW
87-89/100
Product: 20218020864

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2021 Volnay, Dominique Lafon, Burgundy

Description

This comes from the lower part of Les Lurets, which is classified as village-level. Dominique has three blocks of vines here, totalling 0.75 hectares. There is often a chalkiness to the tannins in this vineyard and there is a redcurrant edge to the fruit. This is refreshingly delicious, delicately but rewardingly constructed.

Drink 2023 - 2029

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Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Maturity Ready - youthful (2024 - 2034)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Dominique Lafon

Critics reviews

Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20

Very vibrant – just what you want from a Volnay! Real tension and life with a little bit of fragility. Approachable red-cherry fruit.

Drink 2023 - 2035
Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2023)
Neal Martin 86-88/100

The 2021 Volnay Village, which includes fruit from Les Lurets and underwent a year-long malo, has a simple raspberry and dark cherry nose that just needs a little more amplitude. The palate offers sappy red berries and is quite peppery in style, with a bit of sinew on the finish.

Drink 2024 - 2032
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Jan 2023)
William Kelley 87-88/100

Aromas of orange zest, sweet red berries, loamy soil and spices introduce the 2021 Volnay Village, a medium-bodied, ample, seamless wine with melting tannins and a succulent, open-knit personality.
William Kelley, Wine Advocate (Jan 2023)
Jasper Morris MW 87-89/100

On the pale side of crimson purple. A light pinot nose. Slightly gamey on the palate, but this is reduction rather than bacterial, an after effect of late malolactic. There is a sweet dark raspberry fruit behind, middleweight, light acidity and the tannins are integrated.

Drink 2025 - 2028
Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy (Jan 2023)

About this wine

Volnay

Volnay

The finest and most elegant red wines of the Côte de Beaune are grown in Volnay, a village which might be twinned with Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits, for the high active chalk content in the soil and comparatively low clay content. Whereas in earlier times Volnay was made in a particularly light, early drinking style, these days there are many producers making wines which age extremely well.
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