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2017 Volnay, Champans, 1er Cru, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
For laying down
91-94/100
Neal Martin MW
93/100
Tim Atkin MW
95/100
Product: 20178005074
2017 Volnay, Champans, 1er Cru, Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Burgundy
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine des Comtes Lafon

Critics reviews

91-94/100
This is also lightly reduced and about the only element that can be discerned today is a soft application of wood. There is once again excellent freshness and verve to the slightly finer and equally mineral-driven flavors that display focused power on the driving and gorgeously complex finale. In the same fashion as the Clos des Chênes, this is not a monster of concentration but boy is this pretty.Drink 2029+burghound_com (Apr 2019)
Burghound.com (Apr 2019)
Neal Martin MW 93/100
The 2017 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru has an elegant, tertiary bouquet with hints of dried orange peel; a pinch of white pepper develops with a few swirls of the glass. The medium-bodied palate displays very fine tannins that feel fleshier than the Clos des Chênes, and there is wonderful tension and precision on the long finish. Superb.Drink 2022-2042Neil Martin, Vinous.com (Jan 2020)
Neal Martin MW, Vinous.com (Jan 2020)
Tim Atkin MW 95/100
Made predominantly from vines that are over 90 years in age, this is another wonderful premier cru from a winemaker who is equally talented at making red and white wines. Showing some limestone freshness and minerality, it's a wine with remarkable poise, focus and finesse, full of crunchy pomegranate and red cherry fruit, detailed tannins and haunting palate length.Drink 2023-2030Tim Atkin MW, Decanter (Nov 2018)
Tim Atkin MW, Decanter.com (Nov 2018)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine des Comtes Lafon

Domaine des Comtes Lafon is based in Meursault, where it has holdings in each of the finest Cru and Premier Cru vineyards in Meursault. They have a reputation for maintaining the signature character of each site in their wines. They don’t rest on their laurels, though, their red wines from their Volnay Premiers Crus are increasingly popular and should not be overlooked.
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