Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon, Vire-Clesse, 2024 limestone tasting who arrived in Burgundy from

who arrived in Burgundy from Poland before World War II and built an estate in the postwar years

and smoky earth

300 meters elevation

including wild strawberries

Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon, Vire-Clesse, 2024 limestone tasting who arrived in Burgundy fromDominique Lafon, the Meursault icon, founded Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon in 1999 to prove the Maconnais could make serious Chardonnay, farming biodynamically across the region. Vire Clesse is its own appellation, known for fuller, riper, more textured whites off limestone slopes. Lafon's version balances that generosity with cut and minerality, so it drinks rich but never flabby. One of the most rewarding values in white Burgundy. Drink now or cellar