Esprit Leflaive
Pommard Premier Cru Les Arvelets
This surprisingly elegant yet substantial effort is from a unique Premier Cru in the Pommard appellation – located on the “La Petite Combe,” this vineyard maintains beautiful freshness and elegance in its fruit. The wine has the capacity to develop without a doubt, but it is well-balanced and expressive even now.
Vintage Factsheets
This surprisingly elegant yet substantial effort is from a unique Premier Cru in the Pommard appellation – located on the “La Petite Combe,” this vineyard maintains beautiful freshness and elegance in its fruit. The wine has the capacity to develop without a doubt, but it is well-balanced and expressive even now. Cultivation: Organic, Ecocert 2018
Size: 0.98 ha
Soil: Clay-limestone rich in iron oxide
Exposure: South
First Year of Production: 1958
- Region
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Côte de Beaune
- Sub-Appellation
- Pommard 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 30% in new barrels) then 3 months in stainless steel vats.
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
A beautiful fruitiness and a certain nerviness, this is a wine that gets straight to the point without falling into rusticity thanks to beautiful tannins and gentle extraction.
