Medium ruby, not showing a lot of age. Lovely nose. A little blast of pure strawberry jumps out. But clearly Burgundy, all underlaid with an earthy base. Palate entry is great, a nice blast of fruit that I mightn't have expected given the vintage. Then it calms down and becomes more properly Burg, yet retains a pure vein of ripe red berries. I'm very happy with this purchase, as the vintage was anything but classic, but the pedigree shows, and while this might be slightly more on the light/red fruit end of the scale, it is not lacking in any way. Youthful, still with tannins showing, this might well run another 10-15 years. Charming and delicious.
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rouge grenat sans signe d'évolution; couleur bien soutenue. Nez élégant et frais de framboises, bois de santal, fines notes terreuses. Bouche tendue, déliée, élégante avec une finale acide mais bien équilibrée. Vin a maturité.
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Not really complex, but a straightfoward easy wine that is quite pretty and explosive upon opening. No need to think much, this is an excellent easy drinking bourgogne that is very much giving from the start.
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PNP. cork perfect. color light garnet. nose is high toned with rhubarb and cranberries framing the sous bois. swishing this blasts the palate with both acid and tannin, the latter is fine grained though. the terse palate feel continues into the med length finish. sipping this shows more civility, although this is light weight mostly cherry on the palate that subdues the structure quite a bit. i am thinking that this seems a little shut down, but admittedly have no prior point of reference.
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En l'état il est agréable mais n'a pas encore pris son envol. Encore de l'élevage un peu trop dominant - à attendre en cave car je suis sûre qu'il sera meilleur dans quelques années.
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Opened and poured, this wine gave a good to very good showing. The aromatics show youthful dark fruits with some subtle spice and earth notes. The bouquet seems slightly one dimensional and lacking finer detail. The color is a medium to dark, youthful ruby. The medium bodied palate shows good to very good overall balance with somewhat of a hollow feeling on the mid-palate. Based on this bottle, the wine seems to lack the charm and detail to give a more compelling showing.
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Visit to Domaine des Comte Lafon with Stephane Thibodaux; 3/20/2015-3/21/2015: The wine in malo. Aromatic on the nose with lifted fruit, largely red berries. Delicate on the palate with refined tannins, well balanced. Good acidity. From a vineyard 1 ha in area. This parcel is the last one to be picked. The vines did dry out after the hail in 2013, but the fruit ‘did not look good’ after vintage (said Stephane), yielding less than 20 hectolitres per hectare (for the reds they aim for 25-50 hl per ha).
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12/9/2023 - winot Likes this wine: 92 Points
Medium ruby, not showing a lot of age. Lovely nose. A little blast of pure strawberry jumps out. But clearly Burgundy, all underlaid with an earthy base. Palate entry is great, a nice blast of fruit that I mightn't have expected given the vintage. Then it calms down and becomes more properly Burg, yet retains a pure vein of ripe red berries. I'm very happy with this purchase, as the vintage was anything but classic, but the pedigree shows, and while this might be slightly more on the light/red fruit end of the scale, it is not lacking in any way. Youthful, still with tannins showing, this might well run another 10-15 years. Charming and delicious.
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11/26/2022 - happyhyrax wrote: 93 Points
Still plenty of acidity. Well balanced.
Nose is superb. Red fruit dominates. Drinking really well. Delicious.
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10/9/2022 - frog777 wrote: 91 Points
rouge grenat sans signe d'évolution; couleur bien soutenue. Nez élégant et frais de framboises, bois de santal, fines notes terreuses. Bouche tendue, déliée, élégante avec une finale acide mais bien équilibrée. Vin a maturité.
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6/11/2022 - Mazy Likes this wine: 89 Points
Meilleur. Plus ouvert. Encore très jeune, avec des notes d’élevage en fût, mais ça s’en vient.
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10/31/2021 - Mazy Likes this wine:
Encore trop d’élevage: à attendre…
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11/5/2020 - beatles wrote: 91 Points
Chalky character, dry, cool with a very sound fruit; tight, but not without generousity, vertical style, loved it.
#Møntergade#PB-HAA
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5/22/2019 - Mazy Likes this wine: 88 Points
Meilleur le lendemain mais encore tellement primaire: ne pas toucher pour au moins un an!
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8/8/2018 - Timothy Sung Likes this wine: 90 Points
Not really complex,
but a straightfoward easy wine
that is quite pretty and explosive upon opening.
No need to think much, this is an excellent easy drinking bourgogne that is very much giving from the start.
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7/6/2018 - chcook Likes this wine:
PNP. cork perfect. color light garnet. nose is high toned with rhubarb and cranberries framing the sous bois. swishing this blasts the palate with both acid and tannin, the latter is fine grained though. the terse palate feel continues into the med length finish. sipping this shows more civility, although this is light weight mostly cherry on the palate that subdues the structure quite a bit. i am thinking that this seems a little shut down, but admittedly have no prior point of reference.
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5/11/2018 - Mazy Likes this wine: 88 Points
Déjà meilleur qu'il y a 6 mois mais encore un élevage dominant. À attendre.
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9/23/2017 - Mazy Likes this wine: 87 Points
En l'état il est agréable mais n'a pas encore pris son envol. Encore de l'élevage un peu trop dominant - à attendre en cave car je suis sûre qu'il sera meilleur dans quelques années.
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4/17/2016 - sehill wrote: 86 Points
Opened and poured, this wine gave a good to very good showing. The aromatics show youthful dark fruits with some subtle spice and earth notes. The bouquet seems slightly one dimensional and lacking finer detail. The color is a medium to dark, youthful ruby. The medium bodied palate shows good to very good overall balance with somewhat of a hollow feeling on the mid-palate. Based on this bottle, the wine seems to lack the charm and detail to give a more compelling showing.
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3/20/2015 - HowardNZ Likes this wine:
Visit to Domaine des Comte Lafon with Stephane Thibodaux; 3/20/2015-3/21/2015: The wine in malo. Aromatic on the nose with lifted fruit, largely red berries. Delicate on the palate with refined tannins, well balanced. Good acidity. From a vineyard 1 ha in area. This parcel is the last one to be picked. The vines did dry out after the hail in 2013, but the fruit ‘did not look good’ after vintage (said Stephane), yielding less than 20 hectolitres per hectare (for the reds they aim for 25-50 hl per ha).
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