Couleur rubis foncé avec quelque reflet orangé que je trouve typique du millésime. Nez de fruits rouges et de fleurs avec des notes minérales. Bouche souple, tannins mûrs, beaucoup de fruits. Très bien.
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Medium red. Spicy raspberry, cedar, chocolate and earth on the nose. On the palate, it is lean and tightly wound with pleasing crunchy red fruit. There is very nice acidic cut. I am enjoying the wine alone tonight but I think I will return to it tomorrow with some fatty food. Clearly a french pinot.
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Pretty big nose of cherries, flowers, and spice. Quite acidic and tannic on the palate, but with some pure cherry fruit. Not the most pleasurable drink at the moment, but interesting and may integrate well in the future.
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Très primaire et unidimentionnel dans sa forme actuelle, mais potentiel évident. Belle richesse. Fraîcheur et acidité rappelant le millésime qu'on aime beaucoup. Un vin qui se dévoilera après un repos en cave de quelques années.
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First bottle of this vintage of this wine. I have had this wine multiple times in each of the last 7+ vintages, so I know it pretty well. The wine is best in the mid-term (6-7 years)...I advise against drinking it young. It is unflattering in its youth. The tannins always show green and stemmy when the wine is young. It can seem austere. This character subsides over time. This vintage is no exception. Despite this, the fruit is very pure. The nose is better than the palate at present (the nose is that of a 90+ point wine). There is an iron and blood taste that is interesting. When this is mature I suspect it will be very enjoyable and reasonably complex for what it is.
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11/25/2019 - peternelson wrote: 89 Points
A bit hard, austere, elevated acidity, classic '08, not bad, not great. Capital Seafood for DD.
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9/3/2018 - winemaker wrote: flawed
Corked!
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3/2/2018 - Mazy Likes this wine: 90 Points
Un vin à point pour moi: équilibre mais encore du fruit (cerises) et peu d'acidité. Une longueur et une complexité dignes du domaine: wow!
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4/24/2016 - frog777 wrote: 90 Points
Couleur rubis foncé avec quelque reflet orangé que je trouve typique du millésime. Nez de fruits rouges et de fleurs avec des notes minérales. Bouche souple, tannins mûrs, beaucoup de fruits. Très bien.
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7/11/2015 - mattdathan Likes this wine: 89 Points
Lovely Pinot. Great value.
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4/6/2015 - mattyboy_ Likes this wine: 91 Points
Absolutely beautiful nose bursting with floral and bright cherry perfume. Fresh and juicy with a mineral core.
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10/24/2013 - BigJul Likes this wine: 89 Points
Belle évolution depuis la dernière bouteille. Classique 2008, avec un fruit transparent, pur et acidulé.
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9/11/2013 - xanax Does not like this wine: 83 Points
as my first bottle : disappointing! showing some reduction!
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8/20/2013 - short and confused wrote: 90 Points
Medium red. Spicy raspberry, cedar, chocolate and earth on the nose. On the palate, it is lean and tightly wound with pleasing crunchy red fruit. There is very nice acidic cut. I am enjoying the wine alone tonight but I think I will return to it tomorrow with some fatty food. Clearly a french pinot.
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8/17/2013 - jwsmith wrote: 91 Points
Great value totally enjoyable classic 08
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6/3/2013 - xanax Does not like this wine: 82 Points
very disappointing. hardly village level.
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5/23/2013 - jwsmith wrote: 91 Points
Nice balance mineral classic burgundy, always great value.
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1/12/2013 - jwsmith wrote: 91 Points
Really an amazing value and a great entry into Lafon.
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6/19/2012 - Papies wrote: 88 Points
The wines of of Comtes Lafon, with James Handford MW (Handford Wines, London): Nice good Pinot nose, red fruit which lingers on on the midpalate, well made and enjoyable but that's about it. More name than wine. Still impressive amount of fruit from a 2008. 87-89
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5/31/2012 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
A private lunch (Restaurant Paul Bocuse ***, Collonges au Mont d'Or, France): Silky and fresh, sweet red fruit (strawberry, blackberry), lovely hint of spicy oak, touch of sous-bois, nice weight, elegant, à boire dans sa jeunesse, the sommelier and I agreed.
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3/17/2012 - kleng wrote: 88 Points
Pretty big nose of cherries, flowers, and spice. Quite acidic and tannic on the palate, but with some pure cherry fruit. Not the most pleasurable drink at the moment, but interesting and may integrate well in the future.
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2/3/2012 - BigJul wrote:
Très primaire et unidimentionnel dans sa forme actuelle, mais potentiel évident. Belle richesse. Fraîcheur et acidité rappelant le millésime qu'on aime beaucoup. Un vin qui se dévoilera après un repos en cave de quelques années.
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9/30/2011 - Blair Curtis wrote: 87 Points
First bottle of this vintage of this wine. I have had this wine multiple times in each of the last 7+ vintages, so I know it pretty well. The wine is best in the mid-term (6-7 years)...I advise against drinking it young. It is unflattering in its youth. The tannins always show green and stemmy when the wine is young. It can seem austere. This character subsides over time. This vintage is no exception. Despite this, the fruit is very pure. The nose is better than the palate at present (the nose is that of a 90+ point wine). There is an iron and blood taste that is interesting. When this is mature I suspect it will be very enjoyable and reasonably complex for what it is.
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5/31/2010 - ricknat1 wrote: 88 Points
At the Domaine: (above Volnay and Meursault) very nice, bright, big nose. Will drink early. 88
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