Volnay Santenots du Milieu Comtes Lafon Magnum 2001

Volnay Santenots du Milieu Comtes Lafon Magnum 2001

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  • Vinous rating 91
  • Robert Parker rating 88
Volnay Santenots du Milieu Comtes Lafon Magnum 2001
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150 cl

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£358.00
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91 Vinous
(the August hail resulted in a small crop of very ripe grapes, according to Dominique Lafon): Good medium red with the beginning of amber at the edge. Musky, fully ripe aromas and flavors of redcurrant, chocolate and earth, plus a whiff of cedar. (Lafon pointed out that he picked riper and did more extraction back in 2001 than he does today and one can sense that from the nose.) Fat, sweet wine with lovely depth and sound framing acidity; the fruit element is holding nicely. Finishes with fine-grained dusty tannins. Lafon told me that after the hail of 2001 he purchased a vibrating sorting table, and that ended up helping him eliminate the ladybugs in 2004.Stephen Tanzer1st April 2017

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