Lafon 2020 Monthelie Duresses   

2020 Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Monthélie, 1er Cru Les Duresses
Decanter
93 Points
A delicious result, with a ripe, nuanced blackberry and bramble fruit character. The texture of the wine has an exuberant, youthful freshness and vivacity. Not for long ageing, but very enjoyable on the fruit alone. Lafon owns more than a hectare in the east-facing Monthélie premier cru of Les Duresses. It is not among his most high-profile bottlings, but perhaps he feels free to experiment a bit because of this. Unlike most reds, a good proportion of the grapes are fermented as whole clusters and the wine sees no sulphur before bottling. Drinking Window: 2023 - 2040. Charles Curtis MW 09 Nov 2021