2018 Domaine Jean & Gilles Lafouge White Meursault Les Casse Tetes 750ml

2018 Domaine Jean & Gilles Lafouge White Meursault Les Casse Tetes 750ml

$75.00
$85.00
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Pairing
Chicken and Turkey
Standard Bottle (750 mL) 6 units available

 

Tasting notes

93 points John Gilman

The Domaine Lafouge 2018 Casse Têtes is also beautiful this year. The bouquet is vibrant and loaded with citrus zest, to go along with notes of apple, pear, hazelnuts, a superb base of chalky soil tones, vanillin oak and a topnote of lime blossoms. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, and really deep at the core, with excellent cut and grip, impressive nascent complexity and a very long, very classy finish. While the Meix Chavaux will charm from the outset, I would opt to give the 2018 Casse Têtes at least a few years in the cellar and let the secondary layering of complexity come to the fore. Great juice.  (11/2019)

 

Producer

Domaine Jean & Gilles Lafouge

One of my favorite insider domaines in Burgundy, Domaine Jean et Gilles Lafouge produces a range of impressively consistent and compelling wines from some 10 hectares spread across the appellations of Auxey-Duresses, Meursault and Pommard. Old vines, cultivated soils and classical winemaking are the rudiments of Gilles Lafouge's recipe for success. The clean and organized cuverie and cellar immediately communicate a sense of dedication and attention to detail that comes across just as strongly in the glass. This estate is a source of superb Meursault and Pommard, but don't neglect the range of ...