2 bottles per lot
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COMTES LAFON
The white wines here often surpass, in complexity, potential and deliciousness, Grand Crus from lesser wine-makers in Chassagne or Puligny. The cellar is the deepest in the village, fermentations are unhurried, bottling takes places with minimal treatment.
It is often distastrous if a grower reads, year in, year out, that he or she makes great wines, but so far Dominique Lafon's head seems firmly attached to his shoulders, and of perfectly recognisable size.
He carries a brilliant banner for Meursault
Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Montrachet Grand Cru--Vintage 1999
Domaine-bottled: Comtes Lafon
Tasting note: Lafon's 1999 Montrachet is one of the vintage's few blockbusters. Boisterous flowers, minerals, and pears can be discerned in its explosive aromatics. Medium-bodied and impeccably delineated as well as nuanced, this rich, broad, and opulent wine is exceptionally refined. Satin-textured and loaded with stones, pears, apples, toast, hints of creme brulee and vanilla bean, this is a powerful, harmonious, elegant, and complete wine. Its majestic finish displays buttered pain grille as well as a myriad of spices. Projected maturity: 2004-2012. (93-95 points). Pierre Rovani, Wine Advocate #133, February 2001
2 bottles per lot
The white wines here often surpass, in complexity, potential and deliciousness, Grand Crus from lesser wine-makers in Chassagne or Puligny. The cellar is the deepest in the village, fermentations are unhurried, bottling takes places with minimal treatment.
It is often distastrous if a grower reads, year in, year out, that he or she makes great wines, but so far Dominique Lafon's head seems firmly attached to his shoulders, and of perfectly recognisable size.
He carries a brilliant banner for Meursault
Recently removed from excellent cellarage
Montrachet Grand Cru--Vintage 1999
Domaine-bottled: Comtes Lafon
Tasting note: Lafon's 1999 Montrachet is one of the vintage's few blockbusters. Boisterous flowers, minerals, and pears can be discerned in its explosive aromatics. Medium-bodied and impeccably delineated as well as nuanced, this rich, broad, and opulent wine is exceptionally refined. Satin-textured and loaded with stones, pears, apples, toast, hints of creme brulee and vanilla bean, this is a powerful, harmonious, elegant, and complete wine. Its majestic finish displays buttered pain grille as well as a myriad of spices. Projected maturity: 2004-2012. (93-95 points). Pierre Rovani, Wine Advocate #133, February 2001
2 bottles per lot
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