Domain Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre 1990 Bottle (75cl) SD
The 1990 Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Clos de la Barre is a Village-classified white Burgundy wine produced in the Meursault appellation. Made exclusively from Chardonnay, it comes from the Clos de la Barre plot. The Wine Advocate awards it a score of 89/100.
The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Label Condition
- Slightly Damaged
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine des Comtes Lafon
- Parcelle / Cru
- Clos de la Barre (Meursault)
- Millésime
- 1990
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine des Comtes Lafon
The Domaine des Comtes Lafon is a family-run estate based in Meursault, in the heart of the Côte de Beaune. Its vineyards are spread across Meursault, Volnay, Monthélie and Chassagne-Montrachet, notably including plots in Meursault’s Premier Cru vineyards and Montrachet’s Grand Cru vineyard. The estate is currently run by Léa and Pierre Lafon, whilst Jérôme Delassus is listed as cellar master.
- Owner
- GFA du Domaine des Comtes Lafon (famille Lafon)
- Maître de chais
- Jérôme Delassus
Histoire du domaine
The estate’s history is linked to Jules Lafon, a native of Tarn-et-Garonne, who was transferred to Dijon in 1887 as part of his role at the Administration of Registration, Estates and Stamps. In 1894, he married Marie Boch, who came from a family of wine-growers and merchants in Meursault, marking the start of his involvement in the village’s wine industry. Having become a lawyer, Jules Lafon was granted the title of Papal Count in 1918, which would give the estate its name. He gradually acquired several Meursault Premier Crus, including Genevrières, Perrières and Charmes, as well as a plot in Montrachet in 1918. As mayor of Meursault, he played a part in reviving the Paulée de Meursault in 1923, before giving up his legal practice in 1931 to devote himself to the estate. Following his death in 1940 and that of his son Pierre in 1944, the estate – which was then largely run on a sharecropping basis – was on the verge of being sold. René Lafon took over the management in 1956, and the entire production has been bottled at the estate since 1961. Dominique Lafon succeeded his father in 1984 and gradually reclaimed the plots previously entrusted to sharecroppers, a process completed in 1993. Under his leadership, the estate adopted organic farming and then biodynamic practices between 1995 and 1998. Léa Lafon joined the estate in 2019 and Pierre Lafon in 2020; they now run the estate, with Jérôme Delassus as cellar master.
Clos de la Barre (Meursault)
Clos de la Barre is a walled climat in Meursault, entirely enclosed by walls and located in the heart of the village, near the buildings of Domaine des Comtes Lafon. The application dossier for the Climats de Bourgogne identifies it in cadastral section AC, plots 100 and 101, covering 2.12 hectares. This monopole produces a village-appellation white Meursault and is not part of the climats officially classified as premier cru. The plot, with an eastern exposure and nearly flat terrain, features shallow clay soil resting on hard limestone.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Exposure
- East
- Slope
- 0-2%
- Soil
- Shallow clay soil
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard limestone beneath a thin layer of clay soil
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 2.120000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner and sole operator in monopole
- Indicative vine age
- Plantings documented in 1950, 1975, 1999 and 2004.
Histoire de la parcelle
Clos de la Barre appears as an individualized cadastral climat in the official heritage documentation of the Climats of the Burgundy vineyard. It belonged to the Boch family, winegrowers and merchants in Meursault, before entering the Lafon family heritage following the 1894 marriage of Marie Boch to Jules Lafon. The residence and neighboring cellars, built by the Boch family in the 19th century, became the historical headquarters of Domaine des Comtes Lafon.
