Comtes Lafon, Volnay Champans Vintage:2016 A pretty and very fresh

A pretty and very fresh nose combines notes of various red berry

extremely mineral-driven with notes of sea spray and struck flint

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indeed even silky mouth feel though the gorgeously long finish tightens up quickly as the ripe tannins are extremely firm

Comtes Lafon, Volnay Champans Vintage:2016 A pretty and very fresh(from 85+ year old vines planted in deep sandy soil with dense but small rocks). This is also lightly reduced and about the only element that can be discerned today is a soft application of wood. There is once again excellent freshness and verve to the slightly finer and equally mineral driven flavors that display focused power on the driving and gorgeously complex finale. In the same fashion as the Clos des Chnes, this is not a monster of