Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Vire-Clesse 2024 SO20231114 Cardamom and a secret ingredient

Cardamom and a secret ingredient (with traces of orange and lemon peel)

a small planting of Chardonnay within the famous red vineyard

long-aged Nebbiolo

and lemon curd dance across a palate alive with mouthwatering minerality and tingly salinity

Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Vire-Clesse 2024 SO20231114 Cardamom and a secret ingredientDominique Lafon, the Meursault icon, founded Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon in 1999 to prove the Maconnais could make serious Chardonnay, farming biodynamically across the region. Vire Clesse is its own appellation, known for fuller, riper, more textured whites off limestone slopes. Lafon's version balances that generosity with cut and minerality, so it drinks rich but never flabby. One of the most rewarding values in white Burgundy. Drink now or cellar