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2010 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet
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2010 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Montrachet

Producer: Domaine des Comtes Lafon
Style: White Wine
Grape Type: Chardonnay
Origin: France
Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Cote de Beaune

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96(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , September/October 2012

(bottled four days before my visit):  Orange blossom, iodine and vanilla on the nose.  Pure, silky and sharply delineated, if still a bit youthfully compact.  This, too, boasts fully ripe, intense fruit (more soft citrus than lemon) and powerful minerality with no sign of overripeness.  Most impressive today on the superb, slowly building back end, which lingers for a minute or more.  Offers an uncanny blend of power and finesse.  Don't even think of opening this until 2020.

97 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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The Cote de Beaune, which comprises the southern half of the Cote d'Or-- the limestone escarpment from which Burgundy's finest wines originate-- is the source of the most famous names in white Burgundy. It also produces outstanding red Burgundies (such as in Santenay and Volnay), even if Pinot Noir here rarely possess quite the stuffing, complexity, and longevity of...

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Chardonnay

The best Chardonnays in the world continue to arrive from the region where the grape first emerged: the chalk, clay, and limestone vineyards of Burgundy and Chablis. While the origins of the grape were disputed for many years, with some speculating that the grape came all the way from the Middle East, DNA researchers at the University of California-Davis proved in 1999 that Chardonnay actually developed...
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