2010 Domaine des Comtés Lafon Meursault
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(bottled in April): Good bright straw-yellow color. Stone fruits, spices and hazelnut on the nose, plus a whiff of exotic fruits. Sweet, dense and quite ripe but not at all heavy, offering lovely floral lift as well as a hint of reduction to the apricot and peach flavors.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2010 Meursault boasts serious depth for a village wine. Intense white stone fruits and piercing minerality wrap around the palate. In 2010, the Meursault is pure weight and power, not to mention a serious wine among its pears. It should be even better in another year, once it settles down a bit. Today, it is a little on the bombastic side.
The 2010 Meursault boasts serious depth for a village wine. Intense white stone fruits and piercing minerality wrap around the palate. In 2010, the Meursault is pure weight and power, not to mention a serious wine among its pears. It should be even better in another year, once it settles down a bit. Today, it is a little on the bombastic side. Anticipated maturity: 2013+. (Not yet released) Comtes Lafon’s 2010 whites are just as impressive from bottle as they were in barrel. Dominique Lafon told me the wines changed quite a bit and found their precision during fining. The 2010s at Comtes Lafon are tight and powerful, with plenty of underlying fruit and depth. The 2010s were bottled between March and early June 2012. A Daniel Johnnes Selection, imported by Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300
When I tasted these wines in the cellar in Meursault, they had all finished their malolactics and were all still on the lees. On the nose, this was not a big jump up from the Héritiers du Comte Lafon Mâconnais wines but on the palate there is real tension and oaky/smoky reverberation. Delicacy on the finish too. (JR)