Esprit Leflaive
Beaune Premier Cru Les Épenottes
A new addition to the Esprit range in the 2020 vintage, this is a much less well-known than the Premier Cru in Pommard (which it neighbors) – it shows a touch more softness and less rigidity, especially in the supple 2020 vintage
Vintage Factsheets
A new addition to the Esprit range in the 2020 vintage, this is a much less well-known than the Premier cru in Pommard (which it neighbors) – it shows a touch more softness and less rigidity, especially in the supple 2020 vintage.
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Côte de Beaune
- Sub-Appellation
- Beaune Premier Cru AOP
- Varietal Composition
- Pinot Noir
- Aging
- Manual harvesting with partial whole bunch vinification, and long maceration in wooden vats with some manual punching down. Aged 15 months in oak barrels (including 25% in new barrels) then 3 months in stainless steel vats.
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
Wine of a beautiful scarlet red. The nose presents beautiful notes of red fruits. The palate is mineral and structured but without astringency.
