Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Champans 2023 SPS21 A rare tête de cuvée

A rare tête de cuvée from a perfectionist Northern Rhône producer

What makes these wines so special is the terroir itself

Complex and subtle aromas of marzipan

Roberto Henriquez is one of the leading voices in Chile's heritage-grape revival — a young natural winemaker working out of the Bio-Bio and Itata Valleys to rescue old-vine parcels of Pais

and a velvety richness rare even at this level

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Champans 2023 SPS21 A rare tête de cuvéeAnother of Lafon's top Volnay 1er Crus, and a wonderful counterpoint to Santenots. Where Santenots leans structured and savory from its hard, iron rich limestone soils, Champans sits on deeper, crumblier limestone clay soils and delivers a more aromatic, floral style classic Volnay perfume. Dominique Lafon may be the most celebrated white winemaker of his generation, but his reds are no afterthought; he has Burgundy in his blood, and the family's