2002 | Comtes Lafon | Meursault Perrieres

Description

White Wine: 2002 | Comtes Lafon | Meursault Perrieres

Rich and powerful, with intense fruit and very good acidity, which is well coated in ‘the flesh’ and the power of the wines.

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Producer: Comtes Lafon

Ratings: WA | 90

Vintage: 2002

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Meursault Charmes

Rich and powerful, with intense fruit and very good acidity, which is well coated in ‘the flesh’ and the power of the wines. They are simultaneously structured and very rich, very powerful wine.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2002 Meursault Perrieres sports a deep straw color, perhaps just a bit deeper than I would like. It has an attractive bouquet of dried honey, beeswax, honeysuckle and damp straw with fine delineation. The palate is nicely balanced with a spicy opening and good weight, although it lacks a little finesse on the powerful, burly finish and I would have liked to have seen more Perrieres minerality.

Producer Information

Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a wine producer in Burgundy making some of the most lauded (and highly priced) white wines from Chardonnay in the region. It is located in Meursault in the Côte de Beaune subregion, but has vineyards in three other villages: Chassagne-Montrachet, Volnay and Monthélie. Comtes Lafon’s house and cellar were built in 1869 by the Boch family, but its reputation as a winery was most heavily influenced by Jules Lafon, who married Marie Boch in 1894. Lafon bought many of the significant premier cru plots in Meursault and Volnay, and in 1919, parcels in the grand cru Le Montrachet vineyard. Domaine des Comtes Lafon saw an extended period of sharecropping after Jules Lafon’s death and the future of the estate became uncertain. It was Jules’ grandson René Lafon who took an interest in the winery and fought to stop the division of the vineyards – a move that secured the future of the domaine. Despite René’s intervention, many of the lease agreements with the sharecroppers remained in place for decades. Comtes Lafon was making highly regarded whites in many vintages but without consistency.