Happily, there was no hail in Montrachet and the 2014 from Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a breathtakingly beautiful young wine. The utterly pristine and filigreed bouquet delivers a complex panoply of pear, apple, a touch...
Happily, there was no hail in Montrachet and the 2014 from Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a breathtakingly beautiful young wine. The utterly pristine and filigreed bouquet delivers a complex panoply of pear, apple, a touch of passion fruit, chalky soil tones, a potpourri of very delicate floral scents and vanillin oak. There is also a nice touch of fresh almond on the nose that will soon turn to crème patissière with a bit of bottle age. On the palate the wine is utterly pure, refined and almost silky in texture, with its full-bodied format offering up stunning focus and balance, a rock solid core and a superb, vibrant and very complex finish. This is a classic 2014 white Burgundy, with the possibility to drink with utter completeness with only a few years’ worth of bottle age, but with the seamless balance to also age long and gracefully. A magical wine. (Drink between 2018-2045)