{"title":"Domaine des Comtes Lafon","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeursault's most storied address, now in the hands of Lea and Pierre Lafon.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-meursault","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMeursault's most storied address, now in the hands of Lea and Pierre Lafon. The village wine is no ordinary village wine: it blends old-vine parcels in En La Barre, En Luraules, Les Crotots and Clos de la Baronne with the young vines of Charmes and Perrieres planted in 2016 and 2017. Whole-bunch pressed, fermented in barrel on wild yeast, then two winters on fine lees with no new oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt has a harmonious, quite intense bouquet, with walnut and hazelnut infusing the citrus fruit. Lively. Sapid in the mouth, the palate is well balanced with admirable mineralite, satisfying weight and lovely cohesion on the finish. - Neal Martin, Vinous (91-93 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e2023 was warm and generous, and Lafon picked in the last days of August to stay ahead of a September heat spike. Sarah Marsh MW gave it 90 points for the World of Fine Wine, and Matthew Hayes 16+\/20 for JancisRobinson.com. Christy Canterbury MW named the domaine one of her top ten Cote de Beaune white wine producers of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamont's Cottesloe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065837560027,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Domaine_des_Comtes_Lafon_Meursault_368bf8e4-f99a-40db-811e-70942bcf25e2.jpg?v=1786101757"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-meursault-clos-de-la-barre","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 'Clos de la Barre'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eClos de la Barre is the 2.12-hectare walled monopole that surrounds the Lafon family house and cellars, built in 1869. Shallow clay over a hard limestone substrate, east-facing and all but flat, with plantings running back to 1950. The thin topsoil restricts yields naturally and pushes the roots down into the rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAlthough 2023 generally lacked acidity, here we have all the tension we want, says Pierre Lafon. There were ripe apple fruit aromas and lush floral notes, and also noticeable depth and hints of smoke and mineral. The wine was generous but balanced and lingered persistently on the finish. - Charles Curtis MW, Decanter (94 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eVinified in older wood this vintage, mostly demi-muids, and bottled at 13% alcohol. Neal Martin added up to 91 points at Vinous and Matthew Hayes 16.5\/20 for JancisRobinson.com. Christy Canterbury MW named the domaine one of her top ten Cote de Beaune white wine producers of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamont's Cottesloe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065837592795,"sku":null,"price":465.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Domaine_des_Comtes_Lafon_Meursault_Clos_de_la_Barre_281a0a73-8ceb-490c-866b-ee3fbf7e1228.jpg?v=1786101757"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-meursault-1er-cru-charmes","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault 1er Cru 'Charmes'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eAround 1.7 hectares in Charmes-Dessus, the upper and better-regarded half of Meursault's largest premier cru, bordered by Perrieres and Puligny-Combottes. Christy Canterbury MW notes that over half the fruit comes from centenary vines, the rest from thirty-year-olds, on the ample clay that gives the wine its concentration. Charmes is the warm, round, generous member of Meursault's prestige trio, and Lafon's is one of its benchmarks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLafon's 2023 Meursault Charmes is an instant classic, with aromas of ripe apple and hazelnut accented with a bit of smoky reduction and buttery depth. The texture is rich yet lively, and the wine lingers persistently on the palate. - Charles Curtis MW, Decanter (95 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhole-cluster pressed and raised in cask, a quarter of it new, across two winters. William Kelley, Christy Canterbury MW and Sarah Marsh MW all scored it 95, and Matthew Hayes rated it 17.5+\/20. Canterbury named the domaine one of her top ten Cote de Beaune white wine producers of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamont's Cottesloe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065838051547,"sku":null,"price":815.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Domaine_des_Comtes_Lafon_Meursault_1er_Cru_Charmes_30e878cd-a771-4cb3-b228-860ce36756c3.jpg?v=1786101758"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-puligny-montrachet","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Puligny-Montrachet","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOnly the second vintage of this cuvee. Lafon took on a parcel of Champ Croyon, on the lower slope of Puligny-Montrachet, under a new lease from 2022 - a genuinely rare thing in a village where land almost never changes hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePale lemon yellow. A very attractive bouquet, floral and fine, new mown hay, with a really fine elegance on the palate. And properly persistent. This is excellent and reflects its origins very well. - Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy (90-92 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIn 2023 Pierre Lafon finished the elevage in stainless steel rather than barrel, which he said focuses the wine and brings back its tension. William Kelley scored it up to 91 for the Wine Advocate and Sarah Marsh MW 89 for the World of Fine Wine. Christy Canterbury MW named the domaine one of her top ten Cote de Beaune white wine producers of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamont's Cottesloe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065838084315,"sku":null,"price":380.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Domaine_des_Comtes_Lafon_Puligny-Montrachet_2a786355-fda8-4b24-9a1a-825690d4ba1f.jpg?v=1786101758"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-volnay-1er-cru-santenots-du-milieu","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots-du-Milieu'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLafon farms close to half of the Santenots-du-Milieu climat - around 3.8 hectares, with plantings from 1944 through to 1978. The vineyard sits physically in the commune of Meursault but is sold as Volnay premier cru because it is planted to Pinot Noir. Shallow, iron-rich red clay over hard limestone, east-facing and early-ripening, which is what gives the wine its darker, more savoury frame than true Volnay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eLafon's Santenots is a reference for the appellation in each vintage; 2023 is no exception. It offers a ripe, forward blackberry and blueberry fruit character with earth, smoke and spice notes. The texture is substantial, with firm tannins and abundant extract, but there is nothing heavy or astringent here. - Charles Curtis MW, Decanter (96 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFully destemmed with no whole clusters used in 2023, fermented in stainless steel, then eighteen to twenty-two months in barrel, a third of it new. Christy Canterbury MW and Sarah Marsh MW both scored it 94, and Matthew Hayes 17+\/20. The domaine's most structured and longest-lived red - Canterbury advises stashing it away for a while.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lamont's Cottesloe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49065838706907,"sku":null,"price":620.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2023_Domaine_des_Comtes_Lafon_Volnay_1er_Cru_Santenots-du-Milieu_4326e025-d11c-4c13-88fe-89c52d3ce16b.jpg?v=1786101758"},{"product_id":"2023-domaine-des-comtes-lafon-monthelie-1er-cru-les-duresses","title":"2023 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru 'Les Duresses'","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eJust over a hectare in Les Duresses, Monthelie's best-known premier cru. It lies in the cool side valley on the western edge of the Cote de Beaune, right on the Auxey-Duresses boundary - the two communes share the climat name across the line. Bathonian limestone under brown calcareous clay, and the coolest siting in Lafon's red range.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis is very aromatically pretty, even perfumed, with its array of ripe red and dark fruit aromas that are cut with spice wisps. There is both excellent energy and detail to the lightly stony middle weight flavors that conclude in a balanced and youthfully austere finale. Lovely and understated. - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (89-92 pts)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eFully destemmed, no whole clusters in 2023, around a third new oak. The most forward and earliest-drinking of the domaine's reds. 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