Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Montrachet Grand Cru 2017

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Reviewed by: William Kelley

The 2017 Montrachet Grand Cru is a classic in the making, wafting from the glass with aromas of lemon oil, citrus blossom, green apple, mandarin and beeswax, subtly framed by new oak. On the palate, it's full-bodied, beautifully complete and multidimensional, with a broad, satiny attack, a deep, layered mid-palate and a pure, penetrating finish. Youthfully reserved today, its almost understated elegance conceals impressive reserved of structure and extract.

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Reviewed by: Neal Martin

The 2017 Montrachet Grand Cru was the real upset at the annual Burgfest tasting: without doubt, it was the weakest of five Montrachets tasted blind, the consensus across all tasters. It has a fresh nose of orchard fruit and apple blossom, well defined but clearly missing some complexity. The palate is slightly honeyed in texture, and quite dense and harmonious, although not the most tensile or delineated of the five Montrachets tasted blind. Quite limey and lemony on the finish, with good length and persistence, but I just wonder if it might have been better picked a day earlier. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting in Savigny-lès-Beaune.