Comtes Lafon, Monthelie Duresses Size:6x750ml This is sweet and complete

This is sweet and complete

The rich and nicely voluminous middle weight flavors exude a bracing minerality on the refined

The precise and almost lilting middleweight flavors possess a lovely sense of tension while displaying fine length on the youthfully austere and balanced finale

Shafer described 2011 as "London in Napa Valley

Comtes Lafon, Monthelie Duresses Size:6x750ml This is sweet and completeA perfumed and very pretty nose features notes of both red and dark berries along with subtle hints of spice, earth and lilac. There is a lovely sense of vibrancy to the well detailed and delicious medium weight flavors that exhibit a discreet minerality before concluding in an appealingly textured and refreshing finish. While this should reward a few years of cellar time I suspect that it will be accessible young as well. 89 2019+