Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault

The best producers of white Burgundy, Comtes Lafon included, all have one thing in common: location, location, location. In a region where a mere foot separates a grand cru from lieu-dit or from a village vineyard, location is everything. Comtes Lafon’s generations-old and more recent expertly acquired holdings in Meursault all deliver an unrivaled, magical experience. It just doesn’t get any better. This particular wine represents some of the very best sites in Meursault and is the first vintage of a coveted bottling from the recently acquired lieu-dit vineyard of Clos de la Baronne along with lieux-dits En Luraules, Les Crotots and En la Barre, which boasts 40-year-old vines and the famous Clos de la Barre as a next-door neighbor. From these carefully tended and selected gentle slopes comes a beautiful creaminess and fine minerality unrivaled throughout the appellation. Further, the phenomenal 2011 white wine vintage, which continues to impress, delivers a wine that simply embodies e