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Lafon, Comte

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Domaine des Comtes Lafon

When Jules Lafon married Marie Boch in 1894 they purchased several significant premier cru plots in Meursault and Volnay in the Cote de Beaune region of France. After numerous decades of sharecropping dilemmas, the domaine was able to reach its full potential by the late 1980s and now is making some of the most revered and highly priced Chardonnay in Burgundy while also adopting organic and biodynamic practices. The winemaking techniques of the current winemaker, owner, and director of the winery, Dominique Lafon, excel in demonstrating the typicity in each of the crus resulting in round, seductive wines that will always finish strong.

www.comtes-lafon.fr

2002
12 Pre-Arrival
750ml
WA94–95
VT95
BH94
CT93

Wines due to arrive early March 2024

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Tasting Notes

WA94–95
Lafon’s 2002 Meursault Charmes is exceptional. Its awesome aromatics display spiced oak, peach, apricot, and yellow plum scents. Medium to full-bodied, decadent, and expansive, this intense, decadent wine bursts on the palate with silky, powerful waves of spices and yellow fruits. Even though it has massive richness and a broad-shouldered, muscular character, this beauty also displays graceful elegance. Projected maturity: now-2013. Range: 94-95
BH94
This has matured magnificently yet the nose remains wonderfully fresh, bright and pure with dazzling complexity and this remarkable depth extends to the beautifully well-detailed medium weight flavors that retain superb intensity on the gorgeously persistent finish. For my taste, this classy and impeccably well-balanced effort has just arrived on the front end of what should be a long window of drinkability. A stunner of a Charmes.

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