Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Macon-Milly Clos du Four 2024

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.

The lowest of the Milly vines but planted on very poor, rocky soils producing intense, crisp minerally Mâcons. Organic/biodynamic farming. Clos du Four is the most mineral and least Mâcon-like of the Héritiers Lafon wines. Some tightness and tension here. An intense concentrated core, peaches and crisp citrus fruit. Structured, with crushed stone minerality followed by ripe tangerine, honey and fresh apricot touches. Ripe and sunny but precise and focused.