Newsletter: 2022 Dominique Lafon Bourgogne Blanc

Newsletter: 2022 Dominique Lafon Bourgogne Blanc
Dominique Lafon is not one to rest on his laurels. His day job is making wine for his family's estate in Meursault at Domaine des Comtes Lafon. The domaine has always ranked amongst Burgundy's elite, producing wines that will age for decades, but they have reached truly extraordinary heights the past few years.

The easy route would be to simply keep that ship a-float. But Dominique is curious, restless and always looking for new challenges; always searching for ways to transmit the terroir of his home. So in 2008 he started a new, eponymous estate as a way to explore new plots and techniques. The wines he crafts under this Dominique Lafon label amplify the tensity, verve and elegance he's become famous for. By comparison, these wines see shorter cellaring and are sourced from cooler, higher elevation vineyards also within the most famous villages of the Côte de Beaune.

Vintage after vintage, today's Bourgogne Blanc is one of my favorite, go-to white Burgundies. It carries precision and refinement that punch way above its 'generic classification'. This wine's radiance and composure put it a class above all others in its category. A thrilling and impressive white Burgundy that won't break the bank.   
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Sourced from two organically-farmed parcels: one in Meursault, the other in Puligny-Montrachet. Grapes are hand-harvested and pressed whole-cluster, then fermented in used French barriques where the wine ages for a full year, with no bâtonnage done at all. After a light fining and filtration, the wine is bottled and released.

Taut and mineral driven, the nose is marked by a saline, river-stone minerality and flinty reduction, underscoring layers of Meyer lemon, honeysuckle, Marcona almond and Bosc pear. Equally complex on the palate, the wine is precise, angular and full of vibrancy, with tart citrus and pretty white flowers buttressed by concentrated mid-palate minerality and racy acidity. If perfection is elusive, this is as close at is gets.   
Little is left to be said of Dominique Lafon. A titan in Burgundy and a patriarch of Meursault, he took over his family's estate in 1985. He's been a trailblazer from the beginning and an early advocate of biodynamic farming in the region. 

His personal label was started in 2008 as a way of exploring other aspects of Burgundy outside of the family winery. While Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a stalwart of Burgundy dating back to 1865, the Dominique Lafon wines are made in a separate winery where Dominique himself can create wines different from the house style. He utilizes parcels from across the Côte de Beaune, including his home village of Meursault. The wines are always a stunning value, and a window into Burgundy through the legendary Lafon lense. 
2022 Dominique Lafon Bourgogne Blanc- $58.99
 
*SPECIAL NEWSLETTER PRICE - $54.99
 
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Justin Coleman
Proprietor
Monarch Wine Merchants
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