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9.1

The 2009 Beauséjour Héritiers Duffau-Lagarrosse has been eulogized elsewhere, but returning to this vintage after four years, it's a very good Saint-Émilion rather than a great one. It has a typically ripe and exotic bouquet with a heavy carapace of new oak that doesn't feel completely welded to the fruit. Certainly, there is immense concentration, which will appeal if that's your metric. The palate is intense and structured with layered black fruit, high-toned but lacking complexity. It has a hedonistic allure, and there is a fine grip, notwithstanding that it develops more nuance in the glass. Maybe give it another four to five years? Tasted at the Lia's Wings/book dinner at Medlar restaurant. (Neal Martin, Vinous, December 2023)
— 4 months ago

Maggie Henderson

9.5

A new fave! Delicious wine for a great price. Light funk on the nose, but bright mélange of apple and peach. Lafon négociant label. Great recommendation for chard haters. — 9 months ago

romo

9.1

New producer! Very nice savory black berry bush. — 10 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.2

Again, so good! — 2 years ago

Frédéric Leteurtre

9.3

Découverte de l'appelation Saint-Peray : cépages Roussanne Marsanne.
Complexe, beurré, gras, équilibré, puissant.
J'adore. — 4 years ago

Neal Dessouky

9.2

Great vintage for this wine. Many years ahead but showing well. — 5 years ago

Scott C

Founder / Co-director SR Wine imports

9.8

Stunning !!! No words needed — 5 months ago

Christian Fischer

9.0

Typical. Refreshing — 8 months ago

Phil Kessling

9.1

Comte Lafon Macon Chardonnays are great wines at excellent prices. Tart green apple, hint of lemon zest, wet rock. Med + acidity. Crisp, acidic and shows just how good chardonnay can be. — 9 months ago

Makoto Someya

9.0

Oak. Rich and deep. Rounded Citrus. 2020 @1880, domaine -, 230204-230209 — a year ago

Nagib Nasr

9.0

Nice aromas, color and flavors!! — 3 years ago

edward Simpson

9.0

Whelan Wine, I do have a soft spot for PN, all the red berries, smooth tannins, lovely defo have again. — 5 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.1

Very pleasurable indeed. The 14' P-F's another excellent value number from Lafon's Macconais line-up. Quite firmly reduced, yet the underlying fruit still seems ripe. Floral tones. Rich with a decent dollop of oak, but all framed in mouth-watering acidity. Certainly a mineral drop. Atm, I've got a slight preference for the 16' Clos du Four due to its sheer potential and seemingly greater comcentration. — 6 years ago

Justin Farrar

9.0

Needs decanting to smooth out — 6 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Always a classic. Still a (relative) value. Balance, structure, texture, tension, integration and length. Just great winemaking. Benchmark Chard. — 8 months ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Good value. Dark fruit and spice on the nose. Approachable on opening with plum, dark cherries, blackberries, undergrowth and a touch of graphite. Pleasant mouthwatering acidity at the front followed by moderate lingering tannins. Not a lot of layers but overall very good. — 10 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

2012 | Pinot Noir
Louis Jadot (Domaine des Héritiers); Les Pougets GC
Corton; Côte de Beaune, Aloxe-Corton, France

Fantastic, but youthful even with a 4H decant. Perfumed cherry notes with trailing dried cranberries, crushed red raspberry, tannins say open 2030+. — a year ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

American geography ignoramus that I am, little did I know that the Northernmost tip of the Rhone- Cote Rotie- is the kissing cousin of Beaujolais. St. Amour is more midpoint, but has that great granite terroir which makes this long standing Cru Bojo (& under 20$) a perennial fave. It’s that mineral tautness I love. — 3 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.0

Nariz: frambuesa, cereza, setas, especies, bosque

Boca: seco, Tanino M, Acidez M+, Alcohol M. Cuerpo mediano a liviano. — 5 years ago

Bo Bo

9.3

@Xavier Davila : a pu — 7 years ago