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  • Country ranking ?

    742
  • Producer ranking ?

    26
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salads

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The Story

The hard Comblanchian limestone which disappears deep underground around Nuits-Saint-Georges reappears here where, as one moves southward, red wines give way to whites. Nowhere in the Côte de Beaune does the Chardonnay grape do better than it does here. Along the village streets are a succession of little houses belonging to the vineyard workers, mixed with more imposing dwellings. The stone-work on the 53 metre-high church tower looks like it...

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Vintage 1995

A small crop of high quality for long ageing. As in 1985, the acidity in the white wines is hidden behind the ripe fruit. 

An early frost and cool June weather severely reduced the size of the 1995 crop. July and August were fine, dry and warm, but cooler conditions arrived in September, bringing showers and overcast skies. Fortunately the rains were more spread out and did not do as much damage as in 1994. The harvest took place in cooler ...

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Full, bright yellow with a gold tinge. Fruit-driven scents of orange zest and ripe pineapple suggest an edge of botrytis without quite going honeyed. Mouthfilling without being weighty, this wonderfully rich, ripe and delicious wine boasts a refined texture that reminded me of Lafon's most recent vintages. The very long, slowly building finish is classic, tactile and gripping, showing a serious stony quality and lovely lingering perfume. This would be a perfect match with scallops. Lafon told me he loves this vintage (he also sold too many bottles and has very little left), and at the time he considered it his best since the '89. As in 2010, he picked the grapes earlier than he had anticipated owing to rainfall shortly before the harvest. "This was the year I learned that you have to rush to pick after a storm," he told me. I could drink this wine all day. (just 23 hectoliters per hectare produced owing to a poor flowering)

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Beaune, Burgundy

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