Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon Clos de la Crochette 2023

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Type: White Wine

Grape: Chardonnay

Founded in 1999 by Dominique Lafon, Héritiers du Comte Lafon is his trailblazing, certified organic & biodynamic Mâconnais domaine. Historically, the Mâconnais was known for industrially farmed, volume driven wines. Dominique was  the first Cote d’Or producer to invest in the immense potential here, buying higher altitude, old vine parcels with the intention of letting this terroir reach its full potential. He started by converting all of the vineyards to biodynamic farming.

Since the beginning, Dominique has strived to preserve the fruit and minerality of the region by using only larger, neutral wood for the aging of the wines. The result is wines with crisp acidity, good mineral backbone and acidity.

Clos de la Crochette's grapes are usually the first to be picked on Lafon's Mâconnais estate, being well exposed and one of the lower vineyards at 200 meters above sea level. The wine is aged half in large oak foudres and half in small oak barrels. An aromatic and fruity wine. Sunkissed fruit, yellow plum notes mixed with juicy lemons and oranges. Ample but with refreshing acidity.