2015 | Domaines des Comtes Lafon | Meursault Clos de la Barre

Pale bright yellow. Deep, ripe aromas of dried nectarine, peach and spices. At once silky and energetic, conveying a sappy character and an elegant texture. Finishes with sneaky length and a lemon zest dustiness that leaves the palate refreshed.

Reviews:

• Jeb Dunnuck: The 2015 Meursault Clos de la Barre is brilliant and has plenty of oomph and richness yet stays beautifully pure, vibrant, and chiseled on the palate. Notes of citrus oil, stone fruits, exotic flowers, brioche, and crushed rock-like minerality all give way to a medium to full-bodied, powerful Meursault that fleshes out beautifully with time in the glass. This is classic Meursault all the way, and while it’s drinking brilliantly today, it certainly has another decade or more of prime drinking.

• John Gilman: The 2015 Clos de la Barre is also excellent, with a bit more mineral complexity and backend length and the very good Meursault AC this year. The wine delivers a superb aromatic constellation of pear, apple, a touch of fresh coconut, hazelnuts, chalky minerality and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, crisp and solid at the core, with lovely acids, fine focus and grip and a long, complex and vibrant finish. Toute en finesse.

Producer Information

Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a wine producer in Burgundy making some of the most lauded (and highly priced) white wines from Chardonnay in the region. It is located in Meursault in the Côte de Beaune subregion, but has vineyards in three other villages: Chassagne-Montrachet, Volnay and Monthélie. Comtes Lafon's house and cellar were built in 1869 by the Boch family, but its reputation as a winery was most heavily influenced by Jules Lafon, who married Marie Boch in 1894. Lafon bought many of the significant premier cru plots in Meursault and Volnay, and in 1919, parcels in the grand cru Le Montrachet vineyard. Domaine des Comtes Lafon saw an extended period of sharecropping after Jules Lafon's death and the future of the estate became uncertain. It was Jules' grandson René Lafon who took an interest in the winery and fought to stop the division of the vineyards – a move that secured the future of the domaine. Despite René's intervention, many of the lease agreements with the sharecroppers remained in place for decades. Comtes Lafon was making highly regarded whites in many vintages but without consistency. It wasn't until René's son, Dominique, facilitated the end of the sharecropping agreements in the late 1980s and early '90s that Domaine des Comtes Lafon was able to reach its full potential. In 1995, it adopted organic practices and since 1998 has been entirely biodynamic. Comte Lafon's stand-out wine is its single grand cru Montrachet, which has consistently been listed as one of the most expensive wines in the world. The domaine also has a range of premier cru white and red wines and while the whites have always been highly regarded, its red wines have gained new recognition for their quality in more recent vintages. In 1999 Comtes Lafon expanded into the Mâcon in southern Burgundy with a second label: Les Héritiers du Comtes Lafon.

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