1999 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Santenots-Du-Milieu
Pinot Noir
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Santenots du Milieu Premier Cru Volnay Red) Subscribe to see review text.
8/4/2020, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
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By Stephen Tanzer
(Domaine Des Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du-milieu 1er Cru Red) Login and sign up and see review text.
The Glorious 1999 Red Burgundies (Mar 2018), 3/18/2018, (See more on Vinous...)
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Santenots du Milieu Premier Cru Volnay Red) Subscribe to see review text.
6/27/2017, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy
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By Jasper Morris
(Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Red) Login and sign up and see review text.
Domaine des Comtes Lafon: Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu, 9/1/2013, (See more on Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
(Volnay “Santenots du Milieu”- Comtes Lafon) Login and sign up and see review text.
Bonus Articles, Volnay: Secret village of Burgundy Insiders (February 2003)
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Les Santenots du Milieu Premier Cru Volnay Santenots Red) Subscribe to see review text.
5/27/2002, (See more on JancisRobinson.com...)
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
(Volnay “Santenots du Milieu”- Comtes Lafon) Login and sign up and see review text.
Bonus Articles, 1999 Red Burgundy in the Bottle (May 2002)
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
(Domaine Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots du Milieu 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Allen Meadows
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2/9/2002, (See more on Burghound...)
Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy
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By Jasper Morris
(Volnay Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Red) Login and sign up and see review text.
Dinner at Berry Bros & Rudd: taking a look at some 2005s, 5/1/2001, (See more on Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy...)
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
(Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots du Milieu 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.
2nd Quarter, 2001, Issue #2, (See more on Burghound...)
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By Stephen Tanzer
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March/April 2001, IWC Issue #95, (See more on Vinous...)
Burghound
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By Allen Meadows
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RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Santenots-Du-Milieu) Dark cherry red color; deep tart red fruit, raspberry, baked cherry nose; big, tart cherry, solid, but a little extracted; medium-plus finish (close 2nd for WOTF)
4/23/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 92 points
Burgundy-Report
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By Bill Nanson
(Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots-du Milieu) Deep colour and still very-much cherry-red. The nose starts very tight, slowly adding weight to provide primary cherry fruit with a faint edge of oak toast. A couple of hours after opening there is a very pleasant and truly Volnay impression. Crushing intensity and powerful, velvety, tannins that are 90% covered by the fruit. Good acidity. This is a higher-toned, less obviously sweet rendition of Volnay that, despite it's concentration, is a little less 'burly' than most others, still some oak too. An hour after opening, there's even an element of friendliness! Very good length, though not quite in the vein of the Clos des Ducs. Certainly the wine that will require longest in the cellar, given how young a recent 1990 tasted, I see no reason to consider drinking this before 2015.
11/1/2005, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)
Rockss and Fruit
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By Lyle Fass
(Comtes Lafon Volnay Santenots de Milieu) This was some awesome juice but was way too young. Great elegance matched with unreal density and sap. Maybe a touch too much oak on the nose at this stage in it's life but I am sure it will absorbed by the incredible fruit. Just oodles and oodles of cherries along with spice and floral inner mouth aromas. Thrilling to drink. Have to check this out in 10 years.
2/22/2005, (See more on Rockss and Fruit...)
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Volnay 1er Cru Santenots-Du-Milieu) Reticent nose; rich, tart red fruit, sous bois palate, mouthfilling, good acidity, but a touch hot; medium-plus finish
3/21/2003, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 94 points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1999
- TypeRed
- ProducerDomaine des Comtes Lafon
- VarietyPinot Noir
- Designationn/a
- VineyardSantenots-Du-Milieu
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationVolnay 1er Cru
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1/13/2024 - AudunG wrote: 93 Points
Dark and dense color. Dark and cool cherry aromas, leather and some forest floor. Large scaled, tight and firm on the palate, but also some mature softness. Surprisingly much fruit left, which suggests a long life ahead. I guess there is an upside potential here.
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12/2/2023 - liber Likes this wine: 93 Points
1st of 6, opened an hour then decanted an hour, perfect cork and level - dark glossy ruby, little rim development; slightly sour cherry, earthy minerality, hint of sous bois, attractive and layered; fullish, weight of Santenots, richness and some elegance to the fruit but no transparency in this vintage, long, persistent and with good concentration, attractive purity, though slightly simple as yet, ie less layered on palate than nose, upside, 20+ years. F+ (18) for now.......has come on well over last 10 years when it was oversized and awkward.
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5/20/2023 - drwine2001 wrote:
Opened 4 hours before serving. Healthy ruby with minimal fading. Aggressive oak resin tones which subsided to some extent to show more sour cherry aromas. Medium weight. There is nice tart red fruit and soil here, but the wood takes over mid-palate through the finish to leave a gritty, astringent impression. Still young to be sure, but I found its lack of balance and subtlety to be massively disappointing.
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11/26/2022 - jamesabdavis wrote:
Earthy, spicy, nose with ripe black fruits and a metallic, slightly medicinal tang. Fresh though, and complex. Alcohol is noticeable.
On the palate this is much more elegant, the fruit a touch redder, perhaps fading a bit. Lots of acidity and tannins still holding the fort. Overall the elements are all there.
This is a bit disjointed and my guess would be that the structure will outlive the fruit but it might still come together. I have one more bottle: I will drink it in a decade and see.
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3/17/2022 - porkandsalmon wrote:
Ripe very spicy fruit, still a fair amount of tannin, good acidity and a touch of ethyl acetate. If I tried this blind would not guess Pinot Noir never mind Volnay. Interesting but overdone.
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