Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature The blend of Merlot

The blend of Merlot

picked in the autumn

while cardamom and nutmeg dance across a refined

sources this bottling from a single parcel called Vinya del Noguer

uplifted ridge of marine sedimentary soils (the local Willakenzie series) that tends to produce Pinots with a different kind of energy — leaner

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature The blend of MerlotLafon 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