Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette AOC 1,5 l Magnum - Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

The elegant Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1.5 l Magnum from Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon glides into the glass with a bright golden yellow color. As you swirl the wine glass, you can perceive a first-rate balance in this white wine, as it does not stand out on the walls of the glass as watery or syrupy or liqueur-like. To the nose, this Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon white wine presents all sorts of green apple and lemon. As if that were not already impressive, mineral and pepper join in due to the aging in small wooden barrels.

This wine delights with its elegantly dry flavor. It was bottled with exceptionally low residual sugar. This is a real quality wine, which clearly stands out from simpler qualities and so this Frenchman enchants naturally with all dryness with the finest balance. Aroma does not necessarily need a lot of residual sugar. On the palate, the texture of this balanced white wine is wonderfully light. The final of this white wine from the Burgundy wine-growing region, which is well capable of aging, finally convinces with considerable reverberation.

Vinification of Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1.5 l Magnum

This white wine clearly focuses on one grape variety, and that is Chardonnay. Only impeccable grapes were used for this wonderfully balanced single varietal wine from Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon. The Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1.5 l Magnum is an Old World wine through and through, as this Frenchman exudes an extraordinary European charm that clearly underscores the success of Old World wines. After the grape harvest, the grapes arrive at the winery by the fastest route. Here they are sorted and carefully broken up. This is followed by fermentation in small wood at controlled temperatures. After fermentation is complete, the elegant Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1.5 l Magnum is aged for several more months in oak barriques.

Food recommendation for the Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1,5 l Magnum

This French wine is best enjoyed moderately chilled at 11 - 13°C. It is perfect as an accompanying wine to coconut-lime fish curry, vegetable salad with beetroot or roast trout with ginger pear.

Awards for the Mâcon Chardonnay Clos de la Crochette 1.5 l Magnum from Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

This wine from Burgundy convinced not only us, no also renowned wine critics awarded it with 90 points and more. Among the ratings are for the 2020 vintage

• Vinous Antonio Galloni - 91 points

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