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Domaine des Comtes Lafon

Dominique Lafon's 2009s are just as stunning from bottle as they were when I tasted them in cask earlier this year. Lafon is one of the most thoughtful growers in Burgundy. Along with a group of his colleagues, Lafon is among the producers who has basically re-examined every aspect of the way he makes wine in response to the problem of premature oxidation. Today's wines spend more time on their lees, but that is just one of many changes that have taken place here over the least few years. Except as noted, I tasted the 2009s from bottle. The 2009 Charmes, Perrières and Montrachet were bottled in May, 2011. I also tasted all of the 2010s from barrel. The Meursault, Clos de la Barre and Goutte d'Or weren't showing well, while the Meursault premier crus and the Montrachet were all sublime.

From The 2009 White Burgundies (Aug 2011) by Antonio Galloni

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2009 MEURSAULT

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