Mâcon Milly, Clos du Four
Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

Mâcon Milly, Clos du Four, 2022


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2022

12x75cl

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£356.46



Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Mâcon Milly, Clos du Four, 2022

2022

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Mâcon Milly, Clos du Four, 2022

Tense but powerful and full-bodied. Mineral with a certain grip and structure to it. One of the most serious, firm and complex Macons you’ll find – this has a Côte d’Or-like mineral depth and intensity to it. The wine relaxes and uncoils with air, exhibiting more complexity and fruit on the long, expansive finish. Very complete and multi-dimensional. The lowest of the Milly vines but planted on very poor, rocky soils giving intense, crisp minerally Mâcons. Clos du Four is the most mineral and least Mâcon-like of the Héritiers Lafon wines. The only wine to be aged in demi-muid only, the rest of the wines are half aged in demi-muid and half in foudres.

ABV:
13%
92/100
Neal Martin, Vinous

The 2022 Mâcon-Milly-Lamartine Clos du Four has a touch of reduction on the nose, but I like the flintiness that comes through on the aromatics with aeration. The palate is well-balanced, with a citric line of acidity, lime and orange pith, and a vibrant and persistent finish. One of my picks from the Domaine this vintage.
Date Reviewed:
01/2024

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France

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Burgundy

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Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

Dominique Lafon had been eyeing land and property in the Maconnais for some time before he eventually bought some cellars and vineyards around the village of Milly. Here he recognised an opportunity to produce fine wine, terroir-rich, wines that would not cost the earth. The quality and attention to detail is the same here as it is at the Domaine des Comtes Lafon estate in Meursault. Farming is biodynamic, fermentation is in tank plot by plot, and ageing is tailored to each terroir, in a mixture of steel tanks, wooden foudres, and demi-muid oak casks. Dominique has a wonderful spread of vines at his disposal from accross the region, showing how diverse and interesting the Maconnais can be. From the old vines of Viré-Clessé producing floral, expressive wines to the more mineral intensity of Macon-Milly, and the racy and intense en Chatenay Pouilly-Fuissé vineyard of Vergisson.

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