My last bottle from a case and clearly showing the wine to be on a downward trajectory. Still a pleasant drink but significantly weaker than a couple of years ago
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Sweet mineral nose. Palate is sweet white flowers. Fruit is ripe. Acids are subdued. Slightly drying. Finish is short clean. Goes better with some food to offset some sweetness.
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2000 Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck): Not a great vintage, and it shows, but this was still a very solid wine. It had a pretty nose. Very Meursault, and quite Lafon-ish, if just a bit on the ripe side, with sweet notes of stone fruit wed to curls of buttery aromas, whipped-cream, white flowers and little hint of minerality. The palate shared that same sunny ripeness, with sweet notes of ripe apples, nectarines and a little honey on the forefront and sweet lemon fruit on the midpalate, all slathered with a few dollops of cream. What it had going for it though was a surprising lightness and transperancy in spite of the ripeness, with a clarity lent by decent, if not exactly zippy acidity, and a sense of cut and focus aided by a spine of minerality that ran from the attack all the way into a very long, chalky, spicy finish kissed by sweet floral hints and a little nuttiness. A big muscular wine, yet still quite well-poised, and quite nicely complex. I thought it was just tottering towards being a little awkward at its edges, with a little flush of alcohol warmth and that rather in-your-face ripeness giving a sense that this was slightly less polished and elegant than one would normally expect from a great Lafon. A touch more freshness and cut would have been welcomed too. Saying all that though, this was quite delicious and drinking well at the moment.
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Typical meursault. Some toast and still signs of oak that should integrate further with time. Big framed but elegant. Somewhat lacking in acid. Good meursault but not great, in my view...
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9/9/2022 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
200 Burgundy Grand Crus from vintage 2000, 4-day blind tasting (Singapore): Beautiful Lemon Curd also here, complex, elegant fresh. Top. 95+
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7/10/2021 - Kepos Likes this wine: 95 Points
fantastic wine, perfect to drink now. Took a big Montrachet glass, was perfect for the wine. Balanced, long, complex, just outstanding
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3/20/2020 - sjwshiraz wrote:
My last bottle from a case and clearly showing the wine to be on a downward trajectory. Still a pleasant drink but significantly weaker than a couple of years ago
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12/1/2017 - sjwshiraz wrote:
Not oxed. Impressive wine. No hurry
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3/31/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Lafon 1er Cru and Méo-Camuzet Vosne-Romanée Aux Brulées Dinner (Les Nomades - Chicago IL): Served blind to the group, I knew the flight but not which wine was in each glass. Apple, lemon and lemon peel with glorious textures that make it textbook Genevrieres for me, which helped me identify each wine correctly in the flight.
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8/15/2015 - jhngo Likes this wine: 92 Points
big fat ripe full of power but not heavy. developed fragrant white flowers at the end. delicious.
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2/27/2015 - jhngo Likes this wine: 88 Points
Sweet mineral nose. Palate is sweet white flowers. Fruit is ripe. Acids are subdued. Slightly drying. Finish is short clean. Goes better with some food to offset some sweetness.
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7/8/2014 - Paul S wrote: 92 Points
2000 Burgundy Grand Cru Dinner (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck): Not a great vintage, and it shows, but this was still a very solid wine. It had a pretty nose. Very Meursault, and quite Lafon-ish, if just a bit on the ripe side, with sweet notes of stone fruit wed to curls of buttery aromas, whipped-cream, white flowers and little hint of minerality. The palate shared that same sunny ripeness, with sweet notes of ripe apples, nectarines and a little honey on the forefront and sweet lemon fruit on the midpalate, all slathered with a few dollops of cream. What it had going for it though was a surprising lightness and transperancy in spite of the ripeness, with a clarity lent by decent, if not exactly zippy acidity, and a sense of cut and focus aided by a spine of minerality that ran from the attack all the way into a very long, chalky, spicy finish kissed by sweet floral hints and a little nuttiness. A big muscular wine, yet still quite well-poised, and quite nicely complex. I thought it was just tottering towards being a little awkward at its edges, with a little flush of alcohol warmth and that rather in-your-face ripeness giving a sense that this was slightly less polished and elegant than one would normally expect from a great Lafon. A touch more freshness and cut would have been welcomed too. Saying all that though, this was quite delicious and drinking well at the moment.
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4/9/2011 - Jossik wrote: 92 Points
Al naso mazzetto di erbe aromatiche tipo menta piperita e salvia, minerale, ricco ed espanso, alla fine escono i fiori. Bocca piena e acida
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3/19/2010 - don_quichotte wrote: 92 Points
Typical meursault. Some toast and still signs of oak that should integrate further with time. Big framed but elegant. Somewhat lacking in acid. Good meursault but not great, in my view...
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3/22/2009 - 60ouvrees wrote:
Clean, lemony nose but palate is rough, short and lacking in acid.
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