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Red
2011 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Volnay
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 87 points
April 9, 2021 - Medium ruby in color. Clear, clean nose of medium intensity. Notes of red fruit, cranberry, raspberry some spice. It smells as if it we're from a cool vintage. The nose makes me think of Thanksgiving. Dry on the palate. Medium acidity medium-plus tannins and medium alcohol. It actually feels bone dry. There is an excessive amount of grip on this. It feels austere tight and ungiving. OK bottle. Price is high for the experience. If Lafon performed like this on a difficult vintage, I'd go second tier on producer and get a better vintage.
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schan109 wrote: 91 points
October 30, 2020 - Bottle breathe for 2 hours, and then double decant before serving. Quite reserved on both nose and palate. Not fully open up. Fruit is good and it needs time to show its complexity and finishing - probably will try again in a few years time
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Miceri Likes this wine: 93 points
June 27, 2020 - Dark red; fruity licorice nose; smooth, soft, tasty, broad, long aftertaste, slightly dry ending but not much; followed it over the last 5 years, seems to be in its prime right now
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GeorgeGj wrote:
October 16, 2019 - Not sure if this was a bad bottle but did not have a good experience at all. So tart, high acid barely any fruit.
There is no way to justify spending that much for this. -
Miceri Likes this wine: 92 points
October 31, 2018 - Medium red; nice fresh fruity nose, ripe dark berries; smooth and agreeable, a bit of strawberry and licorice, a bit dry tannic ending, long slightly woody aftertaste; very likeable
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2011
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine des Comtes Lafon
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Volnay
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 86 (62%)
- Consumed 53 (38%)
Food Pairing
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- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationVolnay
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