Domaine des Comtes Lafon - Volnay 1er Cru Champans 2022
Price: $249.96
Sale Price: $219.00
| Producer | Domaine des Comtes Lafon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 603587 |
| Size | 750ml |
Champans shares a border with Caillerets but produces a wine of richness. The Domaine's oldest vines (planted 1922) are here and they make up about 2/3rds of of the production of this wine. The remaining 1/3rd is from vines planted in 1989. In total Dominique exploits just over .5ha.
Burghound: 94 Points
Note: from a .52 ha holding of 85+ year old vines planted in deep sandy soil with dense but small rocks. This too is sufficiently reduced as to be impossible to fairly assess. By contrast, there is a lovely freshness and detail to the sleek, intense and equally stony flavors that possess a bit more refinement while exhibiting excellent length on the balanced finale. This isn't especially dense and while it does need to develop better depth, more should almost certainly arise with time in bottle. I quite like this as it's understated and harmonious.*Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*
Wine Advocate: 91-93 Points
Notes of red berries, plums, rose petals and licorice introduce the 2022 Volnay 1er Cru Champans, a medium to full-bodied, lively and precise wine that's pretty and fine-boned, with melting tannins and a saline finish. The first produced under the direction of Léa and Pierre Lafon, the 2022 vintage has turned out very well at this address, delivering both quality and reasonable quantity, a welcome change after the vicissitudes of 2021. For now, no big changes are afoot, and Dominque Lafon continues to be a guiding presence—organic and biodynamic farming in the vineyards, barrel fermentation for whites, two winters' élevage on the lees for both colors, and bottling under Diam technical corks (since 2013) continue to be the order of the day. What's new this year are two attractive cuvées of Puligny-Montrachet, the fruit of a sharecropping agreement.(WK)
Vinous Media: 91-93 Points
The 2022 Volnay Les Champans 1er Cru was completely de-stemmed like the Clos des Chênes and underwent a maximum of three punch-downs. It is matured in 25% new oak. There is a very small reduction on the nose, though that does not disguise the fruit intensity here: black cherries, black plum and crushed violet. The palate is ripe and sexy on the entry, with satin-textured black and blueberry layers. One sample from a new barrel was too oaky, another from a used more expressive with almost sultry red fruit, rose petal and sous-bois. Fans out wonderfully towards the finish. Classy, but it will require some time.(NM)
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