Gilles Lafouge on the 2021s, quoted in Burghound: " Yields were all over the place but we were basically down 70% in white and around 40% in red. We apologize for the tiny quantities, we hope there will be more wine next year. These are absolutely delicious traditional wines that will bring a smile to any lover of good Burgundy. We've just received our small allocation of the elegant 2021s from this very low-yielding "pre-global warming" vintage. The reds here are equally lovely, soil-driven and beautifully balanced wines with the ability to drink well early on and yet age gracefully for at least fifteen to twenty years." Stylistically they are very similar to Jean-Marc Roulot's wines and are well worth discovering. Says John Gilman in The View From the Cellar "The white wines are very racy and transparent, and offer up outstanding minerality and cut. Never over-extracted or over-oaked, these are true wines of terroir that offer terrific value. There is good vineyard work here with plowing and organic composts, vinifications are with wild yeasts and the wines age mostly in old barriques with a small percentage new. The domain includes excellent premier cru vineyards with old vines in Auxey-Duresses as well as small parcels in neighboring Meursault and an old-vine plot in Pommard 1er Cru Les Chanlins. Gilles Lafouge is the sixth generation at this 10 hectare estate in Auxey-Duresses. Jean and Gilles Lafouge 2021 Burgundies from Gilles Lafouge! Share
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