Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots du Milieu 2023 (1.5L) ReasonableCellar2025 It begins with a burst

It begins with a burst of spice and delicately warms to a creamy richness with sweet notes of syrup and fruit

redwood bark

or hold a few years for the secondary notes to bloom

and mineral freshness that reflects the Alpine terroir

and about as far from a Bordeaux cliche as you can get

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Les Santenots du Milieu 2023 (1.5L) ReasonableCellar2025 It begins with a burstThe magnum format of Lafon's flagship red. Santenots du Milieu sits on the Meursault side of the Volnay border, but its red wines have always been classified as Volnay 1er Cru, and Lafon has been bottling this parcel for generations. Dominique Lafon, though world famous for his whites, has Burgundy in his blood and his reds are equally distinguished. In a 1. 5L bottle, the wine ages more slowly and gracefully than a standard 750ml, making this the