2010 Viré-Clessé, Les Héritiers du Comte Lafon

This is the most powerful wine of the range and offers a full, heady bouquet redolent of summer sunshine. There is lovely weight on the palate, with a little less acidity than the Clos du Four.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

2010 offers another fine range from the Lafon Mâcon stable, which really turned a corner with their superb 2009s. These 2010s follow in the same vein, though as elsewhere it is the same story of reduced yields. The winery buildings in the out-of-the-way village of Milly-Lamartine have been expanded since last year, a necessary upgrade to match the size of the domaine. The wines continue to be vinified in a mix of tank, demi-muid barrels and especially large wooden ovals known as foudres.

Héritiers du Comte Lafon

Burghound Recommended:  Top Value Wine 2010 Vintage
2010 Viré-Clessé: An overtly ripe yet fresh and bright nose of yellow orchard fruit that includes peach, apricot and mango as well as hints of the exotic. The ripeness carries over to the generous, seductive and opulent medium-bodied flavors that possess excellent intensity on the vibrant, balanced, palate staining and long finish. Like all of these wines, there is not knockout depth but the style and verve are lovely.

Dominique Lafon calls 2010 a “vintage that was both a late and very small crop. Even though there wasn’t a lot of fruit, it did give us dense wines with good sugars of between 12.5 and 13.2% along with excellent acidity. " For me the 2010s are stylistically and qualitatively between the 2007s and the 2008s
(Allen Meadows, burghound.com - Nov 2011)