2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Pitures, Volnay Premier Cru, France 1.5L Magnum Pedres Blanques and a small lake: an

and a small lake: an ideal habitat for animals and insects

central parcel of the Ritsch

Minimal SO2 added at bottling

3 ha vineyard in Frazione Santa Maria (La Morra)

in fact surrounded by 30 hectares of woods and fields (a national bird sanctuary)

2023 Domaine Michel Lafarge Pitures, Volnay Premier Cru, France 1.5L Magnum Pedres Blanques and a small lake: anFrom old vine parcels in the stony, mid slope Pitures climat on very shallow limestone with thin brown clay; the domaine farms biodynamically and harvests by hand. Grapes are rigorously sorted, with a measured share of whole clusters used when stems are perfectly ripe, then fermented with indigenous yeasts in open vats with gentle extraction. levage runs 1418 months in older 228 L pices with no new oak, minimal racking, and SO added only after