Domaine des Comtes Lafon - Volnay Santenots du Milieu 2020 (750ml)
Price: $199.99
| Producer | Domaine des Comtes Lafon |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Subregion | Volnay |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 7048 |
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Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2020 Volnay Premier Cru Les Santenots-du-Milieu is excellent, wafting from the glass with a deep bouquet of wild berries, plums and cassis mingled with hints of spices, grilled meats and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, it's deep and tightly wound, with powdery structuring tannins and lively acids. This is a serious Santenots that will require some bottle age, and it's among the best that I can remember tasting chez Lafon over the last decade.
Burghound: 94 Points
A mentholated top note is present on the ripe but fresh aromas of poached plum, black raspberry coulis and pretty spice nuances like those found in jasmine tea. The sleek and markedly intense big-bodied and concentrated flavors retain a lovely sense of detail on the lingering, textured, stony and powerful finale. As is usually the case, this is the best of the Lafon reds though in 2020, it appears to barely best the Champans.
Vinous: 94 Points
The 2020 Volnay Les Santenots-du-Milieu 1er Cru is very well-defined on the nose with blackberry, boysenberry, crushed violets, and light incense aromas, opulent yet controlled. The palate is medium-bodied with some oak to be subsumed on the entry, modest depth, sleek and sensual with a spicier finish than the Champans.
