Domaine des Comtes Lafon Puligny-Montrachet 2023 [NET] agrapart the Campania winemaker who happens

the Campania winemaker who happens to also be one of Italy's most influential professors of oenology at the University of Naples Federico II

working exclusively with Grand Cru Chardonnay from Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

then turns silky and brioche-tinged on the palate

traditional élevage timed by the lunar calendar

declassified to give Fabrizio Niccolaini's family the freedom to blend across years

Domaine des Comtes Lafon Puligny-Montrachet 2023 [NET] agrapart the Campania winemaker who happensThough Lafon's name is synonymous with Meursault, Dominique also farms vines in neighboring Puligny and the contrast is illuminating. Where his Meursaults trade in richness and breadth, the Puligny brings cut, tension, and a steelier core. Same hands, same biodynamic ethos, same long levage but a different address speaks through the glass. The 2023 is taut and energetic, the kind of Puligny that reminds you why this commune has its own devotees. From