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2014 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Clavoillon

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RATINGS

94Wine Spectator

This beauty is creamy and finely knit, showing off lemon cake, apple, floral and mineral flavors. Impeccably balanced and long, this unfolds slowly to reveal an aftertaste that echoes lemon, mineral and spice.

91-92Stephen Tanzer

Restrained aromas of lemon, minerals and flint. Juicy, lemony and brisk, with underlying minerality giving the broad mid-palate a light touch.

90-93Burghound.com

...rich, generously proportioned, fleshy and full-bodied flavors are solidly concentrated and a bit more mineral-driven than usual while ending in an intense, attractively textured and impressively lingering finish.

89-91The Wine Advocate

The palate is fresh on the entry with a bright opening and then it hunkers down towards a more stony, precise, flinty finish.

16+ Jancis Robinson

A little mild on the nose. Very tight indeed. Inexpressive today but I’m sure it will emerge. There is lots of matter there on the palate.

PRODUCER

Domaine Leflaive

Domaine Leflaive, in Puligny-Montrachet, traces its roots back 2,000 years to vineyards planted during the Roman era. More specifically, the domaine was founded in the 1920s when Joseph Leflaive, an engineer by training, began replanting the family vineyards with improved grape vines. He sold wine to friends and later made it into a business. After his death in 1953 his children ran the estate. The business is still owned and managed by the Leflaive family and its white Burgundies are renowned for their quality. With 58 acres of vineyards planted entirely to Chardonnay, the domaine produces fewer than 4,000 cases of Montrachet annually. Since 1998 Domaine Leflaive has been farmed entirely according to biodynamic principles, which, among other things, means that no pesticides, chemicals or artificial fertilizers of any kind are used.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet, Le Clavoillon

Le Clavoillon is a 15-acre Premier Cru vineyard in the appellation of Puligny-Montrachet, in Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It is just north of Les Pucelles, and the soil is contains more clay than in the vineyards to the south. It is nearly a monopole of Domaine Leflaive, which owns nearly 12.5 acres of the vineyard.

TYPE

White Wine, Chardonnay, 1er (Premier) Cru

This white variety originated in Burgundy, but is now grown around the world. Its flexibility to thrive in many regions translates to wide flavor profile in the market. Chardonnay is commonly used in making Champagne and sparkling wines.

VINTAGE

2014 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Clavoillon