Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru 2017
Burgundy wine Champans
Robert Parker : 93-95 points
Allen Meadows : 93 points
Red wine 2017
- Area : Bourgogne
- Name : Volnay
- Grape variety : Pinot Noir
- Structure : Complex, Consistent, Dense, Length, Mineral, Rich
- Families of flavor : Fresh fruits, Minerals, Spices
- Conservation : A boire jusqu'en 2035 et plus
- Temperature of service : 15°
- Mets/wines agreements : Caneton rôti à la broche, Epaule d'agneau braisée, Volaille de Bresse et morilles
- Capacity : Bottle (0,75 L)
Description of the Domaine Comtes Lafon
Robert Parker : 93-95 points
"The 2016 Volnay 1er Cru les Champans is bestowed a more powerful nose than the Clos des Chenes with perfumed, floral red and black fruit, the new oak nicely interwoven. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe and succulent tannins, real depth and body here with great nervosité on the detailed, almost electrifying finish. What a fantastic Champans from Dominique Lafon! This should be sensational once in bottle."
Allen Meadows : 93 points
"Lafon noted that this was off -50% in 2016. Despite the restrained quality of the cool, ultra-fresh and pure liqueur-like red berry fruit the breath of spice influence is quite attractive. There is excellent complexity, intensity and power to the well-detailed medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a mouth coating if youthfully austere finish offering excellent length and fine balance."
Domaine Bertheau
Chambolle Musigny
A pretty bouquet of raspberries, dried flowers and a classy framing of new oak introduces the 2017 Chambolle-Musigny Village, a medium-bodied, succulent and open-knit
Domaine Joseph Drouhin
Clos Des Mouches
The 2018 Beaune Clos des Mouches is totally beautiful. It shows gorgeous inner perfume and a weightless, gracious personality
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Chablis Séchet
Domaine Etienne Sauzet
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Domaine Bertheau
Chambolle Charmes
Here the nose is really quite elegant with its assortment of red cherry, raspberry, lavender, violet and soft spice wisps
Domaine Joseph Drouhin
Beaune
The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Clos des Mouches has a superb bouquet with passion fruit, honeysuckle and jasmine, very expressive
Domaine Tortochot
Chambertin
An impressively ripe nose that does not display any notes of surmaturité features mostly wild dark berry fruit aromas and ample earth notes
Domaine Livera Philippe
Chapelle Chambertin
This is quite deeply colored in the context of what is typical for the 2016 vintage. Ripe and deeply pitched aromas speak of plum liqueur, various dark berries and plenty of earth, sauvage and forest floor elements
Domaine Sylvie Esmonin
Gevrey
Domaine Bertheau
Les Amoureuses
The beautifully layered nose offers another small step up in elegance and a large step up in aromatic complexity and spiciness to the essence of red pinot fruit and intense floral influence
Claire Naudin
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The Orchis Mascula shows fabulous intensity and raciness in its dark red berries, flowers
Domaine Sylvie Esmonin
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Beautiful expression of Pinot Black Côte de Nuits. Ample, in character, with delicious notes of black fruit and good length