Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 97
Unwinding in the glass with notes of pear, citrus oil, mandarin orange, ripe peaches, freshly baked bread and clear honey, Lafon’s 2019 Montrachet Grand Cru is full-bodied, elegantly muscular and layered, with a deep and prodigiously concentrated core, striking mid-palate amplitude and a long, lip-smacking finish. In any comparison between the triumvirate of 2017, 2018, and 2019, I can see this, the youngest of the three, taking first place a decade from now.
JancisRobinson.com 18.5
0.32 ha; 4.5 barrels made (a relatively generous crop) at 30 hl/ha. Cask sample. Manages to be both rich and savoury. Not remotely fat but with massive intensity. Throbbing and jewel-like. Dominique must be thrilled by this.
Anticipated maturity: 2026-2042
