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Manage Subscriptions2015 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthélie 1er Cru Les Duresses
Pinot Noir
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Monthélie 1er Cru
Community Tasting Notes 9
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Mazy Likes this wine: 92 points
August 31, 2023 - Depuis que je le connais (pas si longtemps), c’est à mon avis le meilleur millésime de ce vin. Très généreux, avec une impressionnante plénitude en bouche qui tapisse toutes les papilles. Beaucoup d’arômes de fruits, avec peu de notes d’élevage, une super belle profondeur. Coup de coeur!
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chicsucre wrote:
October 15, 2022 - On the nose, fresh raspberries with morning dew, with a hint of forest floor
Cherries, plum on the palate with high acidity
Later in the night it’s completely earthy in a pleasant way, can’t help smelling the glass afterwards -
Mazy Likes this wine: 92 points
May 12, 2021 - PNP. Cerises et cassis, une belle minéralité, une très belle profondeur. Franchement excellent!
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hajoha wrote:
February 14, 2021 - Småpen vin 89-90p
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forceberry wrote: 92 points
January 5, 2021 - From vineyards planted between mid 70's and mid-90's and farmed biodynamically. Fermented in stainless steel. Aged for approximately 1½ years in 228-liter burgundy pièces (approx. 1/3 new). Tasted fully blind in a "Burgundy or not Burgundy?" tasting.
Luminous, fully translucent and beautifully ruby-red color with a slightly evolved pomegranate hue. Slightly restrained but attractively fine-tuned nose with aromas of ripe cranberries and red cherries, some understated smoky tones which can be either reduction or toasty oak, light savory wood tones, a little bit of gravelly minerality, a vanilla-driven hint of baking spices and a touch of brambly raspberry. The wine is ripe, firm and moderately acid-driven on the palate with bright flavors of ripe cranberries and brambly raspberries, some sanguine tones, a little bit of sweet, toasty oak spice, light stony mineral tones, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a juicy touch of ripe dark fruits. The overall feel is harmonious and enjoyably structured, thanks to the precise, high acidity and the firm, gently grippy tannins. The finish is long and vibrant with flavors of ripe black cherries, crunchy cranberries, some savory wood spice, light gravelly mineral tones, a little bit of fresh redcurrants and a sweeter hint of toasty cocoa dust oak.
A ripe but also enjoyable firm, balanced and structured young Burgundy. The overall feel is still a bit too young and slightly restrained, although the wine isn't noticeably closed in any way. The fruit department just feels like it is holding back a little and the toastier oak tones are slightly too much to the fore for my taste. However, the wine feels still very youthful, which promises volumes regarding the aging potential. Most likely the wine just needs another 10 years or more before it really starts to sing. The warm vintage shows in the sweeter and more darker-toned nuances in the fruit, but the overall feel is enjoyably fresh, crunchy and acid-driven, so there's nothing to complain here. Well, except for the price; at 70-75€ the wine feels a bit pricey for its quality.1 person found this helpful Comment
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By Stephen Tanzer
Red Burgundy '16 & '15: Superb Vintages, Different Styles (Jan 2018), 1/18/2018 (link)(Domaine Des Comtes Lafon Monthélie-les Duresses 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Allen Meadows
Apr-17, Issue #66 (link)(Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthélie "Les Duresses" 1er Cru Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Decanter
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By William Kelley
2015 Burgundy En Primeur, 1/1/2017 (link)(Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Monthélie, 1er Cru Les Duresses, Burgundy, France, Red) Subscribe to see review text.
Vinous
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By Stephen Tanzer
The 2015 Red Burgundies: You Are So Going To Want Them (Jan 2017), 1/1/2017 (link)(Domaine Des Comtes Lafon Monthélie-les Duresses 1er Cru) Subscribe to see review text.
JancisRobinson.com
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By Jancis Robinson, MW
11/7/2016 (link)(Dom des Comtes Lafon, Les Duresses Premier Cru Monthelie Red) Subscribe to see review text.
View From the Cellar
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By John Gilman
Nov/Dec 2016, Issue #66, The 2015 Burgundy Vintage: A Very Ripe and Heterogeneous Year(Monthélie “les Duresses” Rouge- Domaine des Comtes Lafon) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2015
- Type Red
- Producer Domaine des Comtes Lafon
- Varietal Pinot Noir
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Les Duresses
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Monthélie 1er Cru
- UPC Code 000004879664
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 31 (11%)
- In Cellars 167 (61%)
- Consumed 74 (27%)
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