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| Community Tasting Notes (average 95.1 pts. and median of 96 pts. in 18 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by The Guzz on 4/26/2024 & rated 96 points: In the zone with great balance and sneaky opulence. Complex orchard fruit cut with tons of mineral spice. Body is big but concealed in a fantastically graceful mid palate. Everything fully in tune. Fantastic length. (66 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 10/6/2023: Twelve Vintages of Lafon Montrachet: A fantastic bottle, with excellent structure and balance. Fun having it next to the sublime 2010, and it fully held its own. A class act. (548 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 10/6/2023 & rated 95 points: Lafon Montrachet vertical with some great champagne and reds. (Four Seasons, Minneapolis, MN): Vertical tasting of Montrachet 2000-2019: Great structure. Rich and viscous with some honey notes. Wonderful balance with great length. Middle third rating. (493 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 10/22/2022 & rated 96 points: Happy Birthday to Me (Oriole - Chicago IL): Alongside the 2012, both showing great. This was floral, bright and linear with so much apple, lemon and lemon zest. Long and wonderfully precise. Some people preferred the richness of the 2012, but I found this 2011 to be more energetic and the better of the pair. (2144 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 10/22/2022 & rated 95 points: 11/12 pairing. So much depth of flavor and concentration, particularly for 2011. Exceptionally detailed and precise with intense flavors and an impressive amount of complex fruit, mineral, spice and nut flavors. I slightly preferred the more raw and powerful 2012. (1097 views) | | | Tasted by BradE on 1/30/2022: Started strong, and went upward from there. From first sniff to it's powerful finish, this is very classy wine indeed. We chose to drink it slowly right from the initial decant, which was a great choice. (1372 views) | | | Tasted by Alex G. on 7/30/2021: Ramonet Montrachet Lunch (Phoenix, AZ USA): Lights out! Juicy tropical fruit on the attack with a massively powerful saline finish. A denser mouthfeel with more viscosity than any of the Ramonet wines. This is the total package, power with focus.
It's like a combination of the body and intensity of a great mature vintage of Coche-Dury Corton Charlemagne, but with Montrachet clarity. Supremely impressive, and an instructive contrast to the Ramonet style - this is yang to the Ramonet's yin. (1538 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 2/24/2021 & rated 96 points: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Echezeaux / Grands-Echezeaux 2002/2010 (State Street Manor - Chicago IL): Darker color than I expected, but incredibly bright and fresh aromas and flavors. Very floral with grapefruit, lemon and lemon peel, this started out subdued but was powerful and explosive once open 30-35 minutes. This kept getting bigger, bigger and bigger as it progressed, seemingly providing an ultra long 100 second (?) finish. Upside from here. (2241 views) | | | Tasted by Nanda on 2/24/2021 & rated 96 points: Montrachet and DRC (Chicago, IL): This has a gorgeous, airy nose of rich orchard fruit, white flowers, minerals and spice. Elegantly styled and seamless with a powerful, endless, chiseled finish. (1645 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 11/2/2019 & rated 94 points: Performed better than expected. Fresh and lively. Good depth to this bottle. Upside if it can avoid oxidation. 94-95+ (1551 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 5/23/2019 & rated 96 points: C Roumier in HK. Very strong again. White flower aromatics. Attractively austere with plenty of depth and concentration, but zero heaviness. (1588 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 2/8/2019 & rated 95 points: very precise, chiseled and racy, the flavors are multi-dimensional and well delineated, with a clear a sumptuous saline streak from the mid-palate into the finish. we started with the wine a bit too cold, which made it touch austere at first, but it really opened up over time...citrus, saline and minerals. (1353 views) | | | Tasted by Kemo Sabe on 9/13/2018 & rated 94 points: Rich and precise. Leesy. Lemons and lots of minerality. Super fresh as you would expect. Crisp and clean. Maybe closing down a bit but this is still really fun. (1488 views) | | | Tasted by lepetitchateau on 5/27/2018 & rated 96 points: Spicy and classic nose, with loads of peppermint. This wine is so balanced and pure, elegance with rich, vibrant fruit. No hint of POX, thank goodness, but always a risk with Lafon, sadly. (1901 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 12/19/2017 & rated 96 points: AT Xmas. When these are on... white flowers that leap out of the glass. Elegant, candied palate that really built weight over the evening. (1698 views) | | | Tasted by tinybubbles on 5/17/2016 & rated 95 points: Lush and rich with citrus notes, some stone fruit, deep floral elements but with a balancing sharpness from petrol notes and light spice. Better in the glass after one hour. Bottle consumed over two hours. Good upside here, this will be better with time. 95+ (2168 views) |
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Vinous, Myth Over Matter: Mature Burgundy 1920-2019 (Mar 2023) (3/1/2023)
(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Alex Hunt, MW
JancisRobinson.com (10/23/2018)
(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Grand Cru Montrachet White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Antonio Galloni
Vinous, The 2011 Côte de Beaune Whites: Grace in Motion (Sep 2013)
(Comtes Lafon Montrachet Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, June 2013, Issue #51
(Domaine Comtes Lafon Montrachet Grand Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/30/2012)
(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Grand Cru Montrachet White) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2012, Issue #42, The Extremely Elegant, Low Octane and Unquestionably Outstanding 2011 Vintage in Burgundy.
(Montrachet- Domaine des Comtes Lafon) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, September/October 2012, IWC Issue #164
(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet) Subscribe to see review text. |
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Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
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