ProducerDomaine Michel Lafarge

Founded in 2014 by Frédéric and Chantal Lafarge, husband and wife at the iconic Burgundy estate Domaine Lafarge in Volnay, the domaine is located in Fleurie and has a total surface of around 4 hectares. Biodynamic farming, no use of new oak and the same quest of purity and reflection of terroir apply for their Beaujolais project. The vineyard is immaculate and include slope and old vines, a spectrum of different soils from pink granite to blue stone give identity to the different parcels. In true Burgundian style, there is no use of carbonic maceration in the estate.

RegionBurgundy & Chablis Wine Region, France

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