Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 NO20230614 It over-delivers wildly for the

It over-delivers wildly for the price and drinks beautifully young

Seven years in bottle have knit the dark fruit and spice into something savory and settled

which is a fair summary of Filipa Pato's whole approach

The 2022 unfolds with pear

raised partly in barrel for texture

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 NO20230614 It over-delivers wildly for theLafon may be famous for white Burgundy, but Dominique's reds are no afterthought and Monthelie's Les Duresses is one of the best kept secrets in the lineup. Monthelie sits in the hills just above Volnay and Meursault, and Les Duresses is its most celebrated 1er Cru: a south facing slope that yields Pinot of real perfume and energy. Under Lafon's biodynamic hand, the 2023 is fragrant, supple, and built for the medium term. A red Burgundy with serious