2013 | Domaine Leflaive | Chevalier Montrachet

Description

White Wine: 2013 | Domaine Leflaive | Chevalier Montrachet

Bright yellow. Musky yellow peach, grilled nuts and flinty minerality on the nose. Plush, silky and rich

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Producer: Domaine Leflaive

Ratings: WA | 95

Vintage: 2013

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Bright yellow. Musky yellow peach, grilled nuts and flinty minerality on the nose. Plush, silky and rich.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Tasted blind at the annual “Burgfest” tasting in Bouilland. The 2013 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru has a powerful but controlled bouquet with scents of dried honey, brioche and orange blossom, a touch of mineralité tucked just behind. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, lively in the mouth with very impressive weight, retaining superb delineation and focus on the gunflint finish that has more to give, and it will with 4-5 years in bottle. This is sophisticated and entrancing.

Producer Information

Domaine Leflaive, based in Puligny-Montrachet, is one of the most important producers in the Côte de Beaune. Focusing almost entirely on white wines made from Chardonnay, the Domaine makes four grand cru wines and four premier crus in Puligny-Montrachet. The Domaine was founded by Joseph Leflaive, a former engineer. In 1905, he purchased vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet which had been ravaged by phylloxera, and set about replanting and expanding them. Upon his death in 1953, his sons Vincent and Jo took over the running of the estate, and are widely credited with building up the reputation that Leflaive enjoys today. In 1990, cousins Anne Claude and Olivier Leflaive took over the running of the estate, with Olivier leaving in 1994 to run his own negociant business. Anne Claude converted the vineyards to biodynamics and is considered a pioneer of that movement in Burgundy. After her death in 2015, her nephew Brice de la Morandiere has taken over the running of Domaine Leflaive.