Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature crushed limestone and exotic spice

crushed limestone and exotic spice on the nose

just three miles from the coast — and the source of Cobb's most layered

so there's something there to push against

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

while cardamom and nutmeg dance across a refined

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature crushed limestone and exotic spiceLafon 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