Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Desiree 2020

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Désirée is a refined Burgundy Chardonnay offering aromas of ripe orchard fruit, lemon curd, white flowers, toasted hazelnut, and crushed stone. Richly textured yet vibrant, it balances precision, mineral freshness, and elegant oak with a long, harmonious finish.

Food Pairing: Pair with lobster, roasted chicken, grilled turbot, scallops, creamy pasta, mushroom risotto, or aged Comté cheese.

94 Points - Decanter

A wine with all the butter and toasted hazelnut aromas that one could want from a Meursault. The texture is rich and dense, with impressive length but a bit less tension than some of the other offerings from this domaine. This wine is from a parcel of 0.45ha in Plures - if it were planted to Pinot Noir it would be Volnay Santenots. Lafon prefers the 19th century name of Désirée to Plures and for this he gave up the premier cru designation.

93 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

With the 2020 Meursault Désirée, the "young" vines here have attained their 25th year, and things are starting to get serious. Mingling notes of stone fruit and pear with hints of honeycomb, almonds and spices, the wine is medium- to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, its textural attack segueing into a layered, gourmand mid-palate, before concluding with a saline finish.