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2000 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles

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RATINGS

95Wine Spectator

Tropical (pineapple), dried herbs, smoke and mineral notes give plenty of excitement here.

93Stephen Tanzer

Sweet, oily aromas of peach, pear and spices, with a distinct suggestion of more exotic fruits. Steely, brisk and pure, with lovely intensity and cut. Boasts excellent acidity for 2000...

93Burghound.com

..with gorgeous, round and wonderfully textured flavors that offer a fantastic combination of finesse, sweet extract, superb focus and outstanding length. This is exceptionally fine and has an amazing fruit/acid balance...

91-93The Wine Advocate

...highly defined, this wine has outstanding depth...

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, Les Pucelles

Les Pucelles a 12.3-acre Premier Cru vineyard in the Puligny-Montrachet appellation in Burgundy’s Cote de Beaune. It is just north of Batard-Montrachet. Clive Coates has written that Les Pucelles is “frequently is a very delicious wine, all silk, flowers and fragrance.”

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

2000 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles