Power, so deep and broad; there is generous and delicious core of fruit, flamboyantly fat and rich all wrapped in a massive acidity that balances it all out. Times has been kind and the is coming into the zone right now. Absolutely marvelous.
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Comtes Lafon Meursault Goutte D’Or 2014. Nå har jeg vært så heldig og fått smake en del flasker Lafon i det siste. Herregud så bra vin han har produsert de siste årene! Jeg blir helt euforisk hver gang. Parfymen er så vakker så vakker. Moden sitrus, knust stein og et lekkert krydderdryss. Sexy og lysende. Nydelig fylde og dybde i munnfølelsen. Energisk og konsentrert med frukt i formel 1 klassen. Lekent og elegant. Dette drikker helt supert nå. Holder koken hele veien. Meget lang og presis finish med sublim mineralitet. Fantastisk vin. 94-95p
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Still youthful, light buttercup yellow. Gouttes d’Or is usually the broadest and fleshiest of the Meursault premiers and this one fit the profile. Fat yellow fruit, bright acidity, tasty. Unfortunately after a short time it seemed to become more demure and less interesting.
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Comtes Lafon Meursault Goutte D’Or 2014. Lysende frukt, nydelig floralitet og tydelig mineralitet. Slank frukt av høy kvalitet. Meget bra løft i vinen. Fremdeles på den unge siden, men lov å åpne de nå. Stram presis finish med super mineralitet. 93p+
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Luftet i ca. 2 timer. Vanvittig flott nese, om ikke fullt så åpen som la Barre. Utrolig steinete og mineralsk. Langt mindre fat her. Frukten er lys og har nydelige topptoner. Konge konsentrasjon i munn. Svakt sødmefull frukt med en utrolig oppløftende friskhet. Wow. Fantastisk vin som kan drikkes nå men som nok blir bedre over de neste par årene.
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Lafon's 2014 Gouttes d'Or is killer, lithe yet powerful, like a ballerina wielding a bazooka. Intense nose of matchstick reduction, pear, and honeysuckle. Dense fruit and minerality with significant dry extract. The density and extract are buoyed by vibrant acidity. Entering its drinking window now.
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Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Beautifully expressing Lafon's opulent concentrated fruit and the 14 vintage precision. Initially served a bit too cold. Lemon curd, beeswax and strong mineral. Succulent yumminess.
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A brilliant bottle of Lafon liquid Or! Very young and fresh, still needs a bit of time to fully come around. Fresh and airy nose with warm minerals, white citrus flowers, ripe lemons and honey with some gunpowder on opening. Palate is superb. Fresh, intense and structured, lemons and lemon zest, high acidity and wet stones. This will be great given a few more years to fully develop the secondary notes, but highly delivers at this semi young age. Knock out wine! (93 - 95)
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Dinner at Troquet with Henry: Beautiful straw golden color, long legs. Nose has incredible concentration and power, almost Aubert in style in terms of opulence. Buttered popcorn, sugarcane, honey, toasty oak and marzipan. Oak use is quite judicious. Texture is lean, reductive at first, but backed by oomph and alcoholic power. Minerals dominate the core after and boasts plenty of alcoholic kick however. Tastes of reductive just struck matchstick, candied lemon peel, sugarcane, wet stones and seashell. There even is some iodine to it. Finish is a touch smoky with plenty of complexity to it. Beautiful wine but I am a bit turned off by the disjointed alcoholic heat. With time, this beast should calm down though.
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The nose on this is simply superb: Matchstick reduction, orchard fruit, honeysuckle, mint, and crushed stone. The densely packed, mineral rich palate boasts significant dry extract to carry full scale citrus and spice flavors. Last year I suggested waiting until 2020 for this but today I do not see the point. Great now or see where it is in a decade, if you can wait, but there's no point giving this just a year as it is accessible today.
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Pale, bright yellow. A knockout nose: Matchstick reduction, orchard fruit, honeysuckle, white pepper, and crushed rock. Significant dry extract gives incredible intensity and concentration of citrus and mineral flavors. The 2014 Gouttes d'Or is a big wine yet everything is in balance. Best starting 2020 but honestly I can't wait that long.
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Bright, pale yellow. Integrated matchstick reduction, white orchard fruit, white flower, and a hint of truffle on the nose. Orchard fruit, white pepper, and mineral reduction on the palate, gobs of dry extract, intense & concentrated. The 2014 Gouttes d'Or is gorgeous even today. Best starting 2020.
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Bright, pale greenish-yellow. Matchstick reduction preludes an intense core of white orchard fruit, honeysuckle, and white pepper. Finely textured yet boasting significant dry extract with an appealing intensity of saline and citrus flavors. A big wine for Lafon and 2014 yet everything is in balance. Best starting 2020.
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3/17/2024 - burg_gram_Jason Likes this wine:
Power, so deep and broad; there is generous and delicious core of fruit, flamboyantly fat and rich all wrapped in a massive acidity that balances it all out. Times has been kind and the is coming into the zone right now. Absolutely marvelous.
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9/13/2023 - KVM wrote:
So much acid. Wow. Tastes good but doesn't feel good.
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12/6/2022 - melvinyeowq wrote: 92 Points
AK's birthday: Rich and broad wine with ripe yellow fruit, but had good acidity and tension. Was thinking Puligny from a warm vintage.
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3/8/2022 - hajoha wrote: 94 Points
Comtes Lafon Meursault Goutte D’Or 2014.
Nå har jeg vært så heldig og fått smake en del flasker Lafon i det siste.
Herregud så bra vin han har produsert de siste årene!
Jeg blir helt euforisk hver gang.
Parfymen er så vakker så vakker.
Moden sitrus, knust stein og et lekkert krydderdryss.
Sexy og lysende.
Nydelig fylde og dybde i munnfølelsen.
Energisk og konsentrert med frukt i formel 1 klassen.
Lekent og elegant.
Dette drikker helt supert nå.
Holder koken hele veien.
Meget lang og presis finish med sublim mineralitet.
Fantastisk vin. 94-95p
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2/9/2022 - sdr Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still youthful, light buttercup yellow. Gouttes d’Or is usually the broadest and fleshiest of the Meursault premiers and this one fit the profile. Fat yellow fruit, bright acidity, tasty. Unfortunately after a short time it seemed to become more demure and less interesting.
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1/11/2022 - hajoha wrote: 93 Points
Comtes Lafon Meursault Goutte D’Or 2014.
Lysende frukt, nydelig floralitet og tydelig mineralitet.
Slank frukt av høy kvalitet.
Meget bra løft i vinen.
Fremdeles på den unge siden, men lov å åpne de nå.
Stram presis finish med super mineralitet. 93p+
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10/31/2020 - vinkeger wrote: 94 Points
Luftet i ca. 2 timer. Vanvittig flott nese, om ikke fullt så åpen som la Barre. Utrolig steinete og mineralsk. Langt mindre fat her. Frukten er lys og har nydelige topptoner. Konge konsentrasjon i munn. Svakt sødmefull frukt med en utrolig oppløftende friskhet. Wow. Fantastisk vin som kan drikkes nå men som nok blir bedre over de neste par årene.
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7/15/2020 - T.E.D. wrote: 93 Points
Beautiful and expressive. Reductive in the opening followed by lemon rind, pith, marzipan, toasted nuts. Full throttle and multi layered.
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3/21/2020 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Lafon's 2014 Gouttes d'Or is killer, lithe yet powerful, like a ballerina wielding a bazooka. Intense nose of matchstick reduction, pear, and honeysuckle. Dense fruit and minerality with significant dry extract. The density and extract are buoyed by vibrant acidity. Entering its drinking window now.
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2/9/2020 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2020 (The Brown Residence): Beautifully expressing Lafon's opulent concentrated fruit and the 14 vintage precision. Initially served a bit too cold. Lemon curd, beeswax and strong mineral. Succulent yumminess.
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12/31/2019 - Ramberg wrote: 93 Points
A brilliant bottle of Lafon liquid Or!
Very young and fresh, still needs a bit of time to fully come around.
Fresh and airy nose with warm minerals, white citrus flowers, ripe lemons and honey with some gunpowder on opening.
Palate is superb.
Fresh, intense and structured, lemons and lemon zest, high acidity and wet stones.
This will be great given a few more years to fully develop the secondary notes, but highly delivers at this semi young age.
Knock out wine!
(93 - 95)
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11/9/2018 - emzee.mc wrote: 94 Points
Dinner at Troquet with Henry: Beautiful straw golden color, long legs. Nose has incredible concentration and power, almost Aubert in style in terms of opulence. Buttered popcorn, sugarcane, honey, toasty oak and marzipan. Oak use is quite judicious. Texture is lean, reductive at first, but backed by oomph and alcoholic power. Minerals dominate the core after and boasts plenty of alcoholic kick however. Tastes of reductive just struck matchstick, candied lemon peel, sugarcane, wet stones and seashell. There even is some iodine to it. Finish is a touch smoky with plenty of complexity to it. Beautiful wine but I am a bit turned off by the disjointed alcoholic heat. With time, this beast should calm down though.
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9/13/2018 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
The nose on this is simply superb: Matchstick reduction, orchard fruit, honeysuckle, mint, and crushed stone. The densely packed, mineral rich palate boasts significant dry extract to carry full scale citrus and spice flavors. Last year I suggested waiting until 2020 for this but today I do not see the point. Great now or see where it is in a decade, if you can wait, but there's no point giving this just a year as it is accessible today.
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7/4/2018 - the godfather wrote:
Pretty pretty wine, feminine and multifaceted, sooo delicious
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12/6/2017 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Pale, bright yellow. A knockout nose: Matchstick reduction, orchard fruit, honeysuckle, white pepper, and crushed rock. Significant dry extract gives incredible intensity and concentration of citrus and mineral flavors. The 2014 Gouttes d'Or is a big wine yet everything is in balance. Best starting 2020 but honestly I can't wait that long.
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11/5/2017 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Bright, pale yellow. Integrated matchstick reduction, white orchard fruit, white flower, and a hint of truffle on the nose. Orchard fruit, white pepper, and mineral reduction on the palate, gobs of dry extract, intense & concentrated. The 2014 Gouttes d'Or is gorgeous even today. Best starting 2020.
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8/19/2017 - rlove wrote: 93 Points
Bright, pale greenish-yellow. Matchstick reduction preludes an intense core of white orchard fruit, honeysuckle, and white pepper. Finely textured yet boasting significant dry extract with an appealing intensity of saline and citrus flavors. A big wine for Lafon and 2014 yet everything is in balance. Best starting 2020.
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4/29/2016 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Rich, spicy, fruity and shapely. It has plenty of glycerol and excellent underlying structure.
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