Domaine Dominique Lafon Puligny Montrachet Champ Gain 2019 Bottle (75cl)
The 2019 Domaine Dominique Lafon Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Champ Gain is a white Burgundy made from 100% Chardonnay, produced in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation. This cuvée comes from the Champ Gain climat, classified as Premier Cru. The Wine Advocate awards it a score of 92-94/100, describing a broad and concentrated wine with nuances of peach, orange oil, white flowers, and honey, supported by a long and chalky finish.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Dominique Lafon
- Parcelle / Cru
- Champ Gain
- Millésime
- 2019
Domaine Dominique Lafon
Founded in 2008 by Dominique Lafon alongside the Domaine des Comtes Lafon, this Côte de Beaune venture is based at the Château de Bligny, in Bligny-lès-Beaune. It cultivates around 5 hectares of vineyards between Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Volnay and Beaune, supplemented by limited wine merchant activities. Guillaume Lafon joined the estate from the 2023 vintage onwards and is now in charge of its management.
- Owner
- Famille Lafon
- Maître de chais
- Guillaume Lafon
- Surface (ha)
- 5.00 ha
Histoire du domaine
The company Dominique Lafon was established in 2007, and Dominique Lafon launched his personal venture under his own name in 2008, separate from the Domaine des Comtes Lafon de Meursault. The project was initially based on cultivation leases and a wine trading business in the Côte de Beaune, notably for plots in Meursault Narvaux, Puligny-Montrachet Champ Gain, Volnay Les Lurets and Beaune Les Epenottes. In 2011, Dominique Lafon acquired two plots intended for white Burgundy: Les Grandes Coutures in Meursault and Les Femelottes in Puligny-Montrachet. Originally based in Meursault, the estate moved its winemaking, ageing and bottling operations to Château de Bligny in 2015. This shared facility also accommodates other small producers. The estate now cultivates around 5 hectares and retains a small proportion of wines sourced from the wine trade. The vines are cultivated using organic and biodynamic methods. Guillaume Lafon, Dominique’s son, joined the project with the 2023 vintage following training in viticulture and oenology; he is now in charge of management and winemaking. Dominique Lafon continues to work alongside him.
Champ Gain
Champ Gain is a delimited climat of Puligny-Montrachet, located at the top of the slope, above Les Folatières and close to the forest edge. It is officially recognized among the climats entitled to accompany the Puligny-Montrachet appellation with the Premier Cru designation. Descriptions dedicated to the climat indicate a south-east exposure and a clay-limestone, stony and shallow soil; another source describes ochre earth mixed with stones on a limestone bedrock.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- "Gain" is thought to be linked to "regain" (aftermath or clearing) and would designate land reclaimed from the forest; this etymology remains proposed with caution.
- Exposure
- South-east
- Soil
- Clay-limestone, stony and shallow soil; ochre earth mixed with stones.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.250000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Tenant farming (plot farmed under lease)
- Indicative vine age
- Vines with an average age of over 50 years.
Histoire de la parcelle
The heritage dossier of the Climats de Bourgogne lists Champ Gain in the AC and AE cadastral sections of Puligny-Montrachet, on the 1963 cadastre. The regulatory list of Puligny-Montrachet climats authorized to benefit from the Premier Cru designation explicitly includes Champ Gain; at the appellation scale, this hierarchy of climats dates back to the list established in 1943, and the specific delimitation of the Premiers Crus was approved by the INAO on May 17 and 18, 1984.
