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Red
1999 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Champans
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Volnay 1er Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 15
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NickA Likes this wine: 92 points
August 25, 2022 - This didn't seem particularly mature, although it certainly wasn't young. Not decanted, and showed marginal improvement over the first 30 minutes as the nose opened up. Fairly dark in colour, with some fading at the rim. Fairly powerful, with graphite and musk on the nose, a nice mixture of dark and redder fruit, plenty of acidity and a neat finish that betrayed a little bit of drying tannin. Definitely a Burgundy to match up to the steaks we had, and not quite as exciting as we'd hoped; another 3-5 years would have been preferable for our taste.
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Warren23 wrote: 93 points
November 7, 2021 - Wonderful. Near perfect balance between the acid and fruit, with notes of plum, blackberry and blueberry. Medium-long finish. A phenomenal example of Volnays - Lafon always delivers for me. 93-94
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Hanibal Likes this wine: 93 points
August 2, 2021 - Still going strong. Complex. long and charming with notes of truffles and ash.
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Mario17 wrote: 93 points
July 30, 2021 - Magical nose, very aromatic, complex, elegant with layers and layers. The palate is soft, classy, silky, texture is great, length is impressive, the tannins that have no more grip though and make the palate slightly less magical than the nose. Great experience. 93-94
Un nez magique, complexe, fin, élégant avec des couches et des couches d’arômes. La bouche est fine, élégante et a beaucoup de classe, les tannins sont totalement fondus mais la texture est belle et soyeuse. 93-94 -
Warren23 wrote: 91 points
February 14, 2021 - Not as good as our last bottle 7 years ago. Still very fine, with a nice long finish. Strange mid-palate note which drops and was not the case the last time around.
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By Allen Meadows
2nd Quarter, 2001, Issue #2 (link)(Comtes Lafon Volnay Champans 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
March/April 2001, IWC Issue #95 (link)(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay Champans) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Richard Jennings
3/21/2003 (link) 92 points(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Champans) Rich, berry nose; very rich, spicy, red fruit, cedar palate with some structure; medium finish
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1999
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine des Comtes Lafon
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Champans
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Volnay 1er Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 77 (48%)
- Consumed 83 (52%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
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- VarietyPinot Noir
- VineyardChampans
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationVolnay 1er Cru
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