For reports and full tasting notes, go toTim Atkin MW's website.

Wine Advocate September, 2011 The 2009 Montrachet is just as glorious in bottle as it was from barrel. Layers of rich, expressive fruit caress the palate in this packed, deep wine. There is considerable power here, but the wine needs time in bottle to settle down a bit. Anticipated maturity: 2016+.

The 2009 Montrachet is just as glorious in bottle as it was from barrel. Layers of rich, expressive fruit caress the palate in this packed, deep wine. There is considerable power here, but the wine needs time in bottle to settle down a bit. Anticipated maturity: 2016+. Dominique Lafon's 2009s are just as stunning from bottle as they were when I tasted them in cask earlier this year. Lafon is one of the most thoughtful growers in Burgundy. Along with a group of his colleagues, Lafon is among the producers who has basically re-examined every aspect of the way he makes wine in response to the problem of premature oxidation. today's wines spend more time on their lees, but that is just one of many changes that have taken place here over the last few years. Except as noted, I tasted the 2009s from bottle. The 2009 Charmes, Perrieres and Montrachet were bottled in May, 2011. I also tasted all of the 2010s from barrel. The Meursault, Clos de la Barre and Goutte d-Or weren't showing well, while the Meursault premier crus and the Montrachet were all sublime. A Daniel Johnnes Selection, imported by Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300

(13.8% alcohol) Very ripe nose hints at pineapple and passion fruit. The most exotic of these 2008s, in part due to the 100% new oak treatment. Wonderfully concentrated and lush wine, with an iodiney minerality serving to intensify the mid-palate flavor. I picked up an intriguing petrolly nuance. Finishes with great density and subtle sweetness and length.

This shows a noticeably more golden colour than the 2010. The nose, too, is in a completely different phase of maturity, with cream, pastry and caramel notes taking the lead. Decadent and gorgeous on the palate, with fresher fruit and brighter acid than the nose might imply, this does however display some stray alcohol. A wonderful wine, but one in which the heat of the vintage trumps the breed of the vineyard. (AH)