1988 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/20/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  The ‘80’s really were the halcyon years for white Burgundy and a bottle of 1988 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre is the perfect case in point. A village wine that is coming up to its 30th birthday that is absolutely rocking. The nose is fresh and fruity with all sorts of tropical fruits, some almond butter and a little mushroom. It is clean and pristine in the mouth. Flavours are all bright and direct and you get a kiss of lemon like acidity to the finish. It gains dimension in the glass.

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  5/11/2015 - Periko Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened for one hour and drank over two more. Opulent, powerful nose with lemon and citrus aromas, kept evolving in glass. More interesting in palate: tasty, grassy, citrus, medium bodied with a high, refreshing acidity that asks you to taste it again to savour that long finish. An excellent example from a fresh vintage that still drinks beautiful now and probably for a few more years. 92-93
  
  Vineyard recovered in 1986, hence 3rd vintage for Lafon. Lot located in the low section of the vineyard that translates into a more opulent but fresher wine than its neighbors.

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  9/17/2014 - jhngo Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Gobs of acid soft round fleshy fruit. Just a pretty wine. Taste youthful like a late 90s early 00s wine. Why provenance is so crucial.

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