2023 Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon Vire-Clesse 750ml

Reviews: 90 points Vinous, "...has a lively bouquet with more yellow fruit than the other cuvees and touches of beeswax that develop in the glass. The palate is poised on the entry, lightly spiced with impressive harmony, a fluid Vire-Clesse with a persistent finish. (NM)" 93 points John Gilman, "The underlying chalky minerality of the Vire-Clesse bottling from Les Heritiers du Comte Lafon is always one of the signature elements of the wine, and when this is coupled with the absolutely beautiful fruit of the 2023 vintage, one gets a superb bottle. The bouquet here is very lovely, as it wafts from the glass in a mix of apple, pear, almond, spring flowers, vanillin oak and a beautifully complex foundation of limestone. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied, complex and seamlessly balanced, with a fine core of fruit, zesty acids and lovely complexity on the long and soil-driven finish. (JG)"