Community Tasting Notes 11

• englishman's claret wrote: 94 points

  April 5, 2024 - Lovely now, Meyer lemon, poached pear, a little custard. Fullish and rich, but showing enough zip to reflect the vintage - but not succumb to it.

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• Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 4, 2024 - Served alongside Palladius 2018, this was definitely the more refined and styled wine of the two. Quite lean, lemon peel, flint, yellow apple, some notes of cream and white blossom, white peach. Lovely!

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• ThijsV Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 1, 2024 - BYOB dinner and then some; 2/1/2024-2/2/2024 (Avalon, Amsterdam): [Tasted blind] Tasted alongside with the Palladius 2018. This was lean and elegant, definitely not the old style thick and buttery Meursault. Flint, firework, herbs, almond, white flowers, lemon, apples. Medium+ acidity, long finish. 93+

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• Jeremy Holmes wrote:

  January 11, 2024 - Was rather shy on first pour. It opened up to show rich orchard fruit aromas and flavours along with some almond butter and white flowers. It had good flesh and underlying minerality and a finish that was long and spicy.

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• Rounder16 wrote: 95 points

  January 10, 2024 - There was a time when I thought 2018 was a bit off-vintage for white burgundy, but I couldn't be more wrong, because all 2018s are on a very good path.
  
  Straight after opening, there was plenty of peach, nectarine, flowers, herbs and cream/butter on the nose - delicate perfume, but the wine itself was very closed and shy.
  
  The real magic happened after 90-120m in decanter. Wine became more serious and robust as Charmes usually is. The nose was dominated by lemon and grapefruit peel, all wrapped in a very fresh, wet stone minerality that can't be found anywhere else than Cote dOr. On the palate, the wine is very young and lively with strong but perfectly integrated acidity, which will keep the wine for another decade or more. It is already perfectly drinkable, but the wine just started to kick. No sign of even minor oxidation after 5 years on the bottle.
  
  The only part of the experience when you realize, that 2018 is a complicated vintage, is a bit shorter (in terms of Lafon) but very satisfying finish.
  
  As always with the Lafon, you get the Meursault in its purest possible form.
  
  Anyway let the wine breathe, without air you just wasting your money and potential of the outstanding bottle.
  
  Lucky me still have 5 bottles left, so I can follow the progress every 1-2 years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type White
• Producer Domaine des Comtes Lafon
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Charmes
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Meursault 1er Cru
• UPC Code 051817173821

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• Pending Delivery 40 (5%)
• In Cellars 646 (80%)
• Consumed 118 (15%)

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