Mild reduction is enough to overshadow the fruit at present, but it doesn't seem as though it will last. By contrast, there is lovely freshness and verve to the delicious, minerally and well-delineated flavors that are shaped by bright and refreshing citrus-tinged acidity.
Gilles Lafouge has relocated to new and much more spacious digs on the outskirts of the village. He was also very happy to announce that his son Maxime would be joining the domaine soon. With respect to the 2018 vintage, Lafouge told me that "we picked from the 2nd of September under basically ideal conditions. Yields were comfortable with good ripeness levels and so clean that there was basically no sorting of any consequence. Potential alcohols ranged for the pinot ranged between 12.8 and 13.5% and between 13 and 13.5% for the chardonnay so no chaptalization was necessary.
