Dominique Lafon

Bourgogne Aligote 2023

Name: Bourgogne Aligote 2023
Brand: Dominique Lafon
SKU: LAFONaligote23
Price: 51.0 USD
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Always searching for new challenges, Dominique Lafon started his own label - separate from the family domaine - in 2008 and currently works approximately 4.5 hectares in Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Volnay, and Beaune. Legally, he is considered a négociant but this is only because Dominique shares space with another winemaker. (Think of it as a custom crush facility, but in Burgundy.)

“I didn’t wish to vinify at Domaine des Comtes Lafon as I wanted to try to keep a distinct separation between the two. With my own label I can build on what I learn and I can afford to experiment. I am constantly learning. If I had to define the style of the DL wines, I would say that the wines have a bit more tension than the wines of Domaine des Comtes Lafon. The élevage on the wines is shorter and the plots are mostly located on the upper part of the hillsides, which gives the wines an interesting minerality and tension. – Dominique Lafon”

ALIGOTE:

We saw this bottle at the cellars and wondered why we hadn’t tasted it. Time was short and well…it was Aligoté. But we LOVE Aligoté with its mineral core, high acidity and in the right hands, true complexity. SOLD!
From hand-harvested grapes from a prestigious organic grower in the Côte de Beaune (whom we have been sworn to secrecy not to divulge), this is classic Aligoté on steroids. Or rather made by Dominique Lafon. An unbelievable value, this is a great example of a historically maligned varietal that will change peoples’ minds.

Bourgogne Aligote 2023

Bourgogne Aligote 2023

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