October 6, 2023 - Lafon Montrachet vertical with some great champagne and reds. (Four Seasons, Minneapolis, MN): Vertical tasting of Montrachet 2000-2019: Mature. No sign of advancement. Honeysuckle with nice fruit on nose. Medium structure and pleasant finish. Holding up well but in lower third of wines.
October 6, 2023 - Twelve Vintages of Lafon Montrachet: The first bottle of our twelve vintages of Lafon Montrachet. Very, very good and amazingly fresh. No oxidation, its development was age appropriate. Good provenance bottles of this vintage will likely be ageless.
September 12, 2022 - 200 Burgundy Grand Crus from vintage 2000, 4-day blind tasting (Singapore): Rich and ripe, caramel, beautiful aromas, ripe apple, apple cider, racier htan the other in this flight with pear as well. Really generous, ripe in a good way. Absolutely top.
August 13, 2022 - This wine offered quite a lot but did not come close to approaching very high expectations. The solid cork came out easily, and there were minimal indications of seepage. Dark yellow in color, veering towards gold. Nose of butterscotch, herbs and faint white pepper. Past peak but not oxidized, just a bit disjointed. There was plenty of acidity, as well as rich fruit and minerality, just not "in harmony" somehow. Bruised apple, cloves and saline. The wine came off as slightly soft, maybe flabby though that term seems inapt for a 22-year old bottle. Not that I was looking for a lot of structure, but it just wasn't firing on all cylinders.
December 6, 2021 - Drank at 67
Beautifully aged with a perfect nose and palate
March 20, 2021 - very muted. good acidity and have the right profiles but isn't a perfect condition bottle
September 28, 2019 - Lucky to have a good bottle of Lafon Montrachet as the somm said the previous bottle he opened was advanced. Honeysuckle, tropical fruit, salty butter, pineapple and matchstick. Palate was intense with salty minerals and strong core yellow fruit. Powerful and complex with so much going on on the palate. A very good Lafon Montrachet. 95-96
January 3, 2019 - My first Montrachet. I’ve had a lot of white burgs. Was this the standout best one ever? Yes it was. Because it was so perfectly balanced. I get annoyed by white burgs sometimes when they are too tart, too thin, too fat, etc. this one was not overpowering, just had great honey color, beautiful multi faceted nose, rich but not too rich, perfect acidity, etc. Very elegant.
December 4, 2018 - A beautiful and elegant Montrachet. Excellent acidity is balanced by subtle notes of tropical fruits and limestone minerals. The finish is taut and complex and it's just drinking so well right now. Very 2000 in its subtle, elegant style.
December 8, 2017 - same golden coloration as before but this bottle was not fresh or vibrant or rich although i thought it continued to improve, at three hours still did not resemble any great Montrachet, much less the Lafon 2000s that I had had before. double tough night.