2009 Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Meursault, Blanc

Wine Advocate September, 2011 The 2009 Meursault is a classy, understated wine laced with white peaches, pears and flowers. It reveals attractive inner sweetness and perfume with a refined, polished finish. Anticipated maturity: 2012+.

Tasted blind at Farr Vintners Kumeu/White Burgundy tasting. There is a slight blowsiness on the nose of the 2009 Meursault from Domaine des Comtes-Lafon: not as clean as I would have liked, the fruit not expressive. The palate is sharp on the entry with sour lemon dominating the mid-palate. Sharp and rather abrasive, this is very atypical for a 2009 white Burgundy, and it feels slightly attenuated on the finish. I wonder if this is the most representative bottle.

Very pale straw. Nervy nose. Very fine and tight. Absolutely not like the supposed archetype of Meursault. Introvert and tense. Not that long but pretty impressive. Doesn’t taste like a rich 2009 burgundy… Lots of wet stones on the end. Just a tad austere. (JR)