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Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Montrachet Grand Cru, 2021

White Wine from Burgundy, France
by Domaine des Comtes Lafon
$2,750.00
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Only sixteen producers globally make Montrachet, and Lafon's one-third-hectare parcel in the southeastern corner (Chassagne-side exposure) is among the world's rarest whites. Unique to this Grand Cru: manganese in the soil, absent in neighboring grands crus—a mineral note that defines the wine's identity. The 2021 vintage tested this terroir like nothing else: April frosts destroyed much of the harvest across Burgundy, yet the surviving grapes were perfect, unblemished, with extraordinary concentration. This is the wine time made: complex, powerful, with years of aging ahead. These bottles represent a generation's great anomaly.

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Burghound

98 points

"A discreet application of wood sets off slightly riper yet still airy and cool beautifully layered aromas of white peach, apple, acacia blossom, exotic tea and a hint of crushed fennel. The detailed and amazingly well-focused broad-shouldered if not especially dense flavors display a more discreet minerality on the remarkably persistent and impeccably well-balanced finale where the only reproach is a barely perceptible hint of warmth. As one would reasonably expect, this is compact and very backward and a Montrachet that's going to need at least a decade to unwind and probably fully 15 years of keeping to reach its full majority. A candidate for wine of the vintage."

Antonio Galloni

96 points

"The 2021 Montrachet Grand Cru, reduced to two and a half barrels, has an intense mineral, wet limestone/petrichor nose that blossoms with aeration. The palate is beautifully balanced with real concentration, a perfect line of acidity, multi-layered towards the finish with orange zest and apricot. But the Perrières has more mineralité and nervosité." —Neal Martin

Robert Parker

95 points

"There are two and a half barrels of the 2021 Montrachet Grand Cru, a medium to full-bodied, enveloping and seamless wine redolent of pear, peach, freshly baked bread, baking spices and a subtle top note of petrol. Satiny and complete, it's deep and vibrant, concluding with a long, resonant finish." —William Kelley

Decanter

97 points

"Among the greatest white wines of the vintage; this is often the case with Lafon Montrachet. However, this vintage is different: with less alcohol and body than it has had in recent years, it shows an almost perfect balance. To be sure, there are super-ripe aromas of apple and peach with notes of marzipan, honey, mineral and butter, but there is a freshness and spice here that transcend the norm. Lafon farms 0.32ha on the south-facing Chassagne side; 80% of the vines come from a very old massal selection, planted in 1953. Monumental wine."

More about Domaine des Comtes Lafon

A Meursault institution that makes white Burgundy the way it should taste: rich but not heavy, layered but not overwrought. These Chardonnays from the Côte de Beaune sit at the intersection of power and elegance, especially the prized Clos de la Baronne, where the limestone terroir speaks clearly. The house has built its reputation on consistency and refinement—wines that age gracefully and reward patience. If you want to understand what limestone and lees aging can do in the hands of masters, this is where to start.

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

This requires only ceremony: serve alone or with white truffles, aged hard cheeses, or simple butter-poached fish.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chardonnay

  • Vintage

    2021

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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