Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature and fermentation runs on indigenous

and fermentation runs on indigenous yeasts

The blend of Merlot

with notes of dried citrus

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

while cardamom and nutmeg dance across a refined

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Monthelie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2023 campaign-feature and fermentation runs on indigenousLafon 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