Meursault Charmes 1er Cru 2015

Meursault / Comtes Lafon

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Tasting Notes

From barrel, I preferred Lafon's 2015 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes to his Perrières, and that preference manifested itself a year and a half later under blind conditions. Wafting from the glass with aromas of crisp peach, yellow orchard fruit, nutmeg and honey, it's a full-bodied, layered and multidimensional wine with terrific depth and concentration but rendered in a satiny, elegant style. Pure, precise and beautifully delineated, it was bottled under Diam 30.

Score: 95

William Kelley, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2020-2035 31 October 2018

Palish yellow. Aromas and flavors of ripe peach, lemon and smoky minerality, plus an element of vanillin oak. A wonderfully broad, sweet, seamless 2015 with surprising lift and no impression of undue weight. Not quite as smooth as the Genevrières but more explosive in the middle palate. Finishes wonderfully fresh and long, with piquant spicy lift. Should be outstanding.

Score: 93 - 94

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com 01 September 2017

A beautifully layered nose combines notes of pear and white peach with those of acacia blossom, citrus and discreet wood influence. There is excellent density and intensity to the powerful, concentrated and slightly more complex middle weight flavors and this complexity continues onto the explosively long and mouth coating finish. Like the Genevrières this beauty should repay up to decade of bottle age.

Score: 92 - 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2023+ 11 June 2017