Comtes Lafon, Volnay Clos Chenes Size:12x750ml The just-bottled 2011 Barbaresco Albesani

The just-bottled 2011 Barbaresco Albesani Viti Vecchie is an infant

there is a highly attractive texture to the solidly concentrated and intense flavors that are at once robust yet sleek

The 2005 Siaurac is such a pleasant surprise

The seductive yet decidedly punchy medium-bodied flavors possess better mid-palate density if not quite the same refinement as the Perrières

Comtes Lafon, Volnay Clos Chenes Size:12x750ml The just-bottled 2011 Barbaresco Albesani(from yields of 15 hl ha). A more complex if not necessarily more elegant nose is comprised of red and dark currant, anise, sandalwood and marked earth scents. There is good detail and excellent volume to the more mineral inflected middle weight plus flavors where the supporting tannins are a bit more fine grained than usual, all wrapped in a powerful, balanced and impressively long finish. This is lovely and while firm, its not austere. (90 93) 2021+