2007 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthélie 1er Cru Les Duresses

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  12/9/2022 - Wine Spam wrote: 88 Points

  An interesting blue and red fruit nose upon opening quickly blew off. The underlying wine was a bit austere, but some smooth and still fairly pleasing. Best years are behind. Drink now.

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  4/24/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 Points

  A private lunch (Restaurant Epicure ***, Hotel Le Bristol, Paris): Silky and flowing, lifted aromatics, clearly reveals its proximity to Volnay, pure and elegant, light-bodied but with a wonderful inner balance and harmony, ripe blue fruit and a hint of sous-bois, very gentle tannins, bright acidity carries the long and layered finish. Made with great sensitivity from young vines in a light vintage. At peak.

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  10/23/2015 - emzee.mc wrote: 89 Points

  The bottle pours a dark ruby color, somewhat magenta even, with long thick legs. On the nose, the wine is concentrated, powerful and tightly packed with jammy currants, blackberries, cherries, smoked meats, sous bois and burnt hay. On the palate, the wine demonstrates beautiful, velvety structure with very silky tannins. With time, the acidity starts to reveal itself too and provides a fresh backdrop behind a palate of jammy red fruits, macerated cherries, game, cigar box, and truffles. Finish is quite complex as the wine leaves a smoky trace towards the end. Quite a decent wine, but there are certain minor quibbles over alcohol strength, lack of minerality and overall balance. It certainly feels more like I am drinking a Kistler or Aubert, rather than a Comtes Lafon.

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  11/6/2014 - jwsmith wrote: 89 Points

  Botttle was a little off usually great

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  12/24/2013 - jwsmith wrote: 88 Points

  High in alcohol bottle slightly dis jointed.

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