Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières – 2018
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Vineyard Profile
- Appellation: Burgundy
- Location: 3 parcels in Puligny-Montrachet
- Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
- Size: “la 6”: 6.2 ouvrées (0.66 acre), in 1962; “la 4”: 4.5 ouvrées (0.48 acre), planted in 1983; “la 18”: 18.6 ouvrées (1.97 acre), planted in 1969 and 1999
- Soil: Calcareous clay
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Vinification
- Fermentation: Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, “débourbage,” or “settling of the juice,” over 24 hours; then racking and running the must into cask
- Barrel Fermentation: Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 20% new (maximum 1/3 Vosges, minimum 2/3 allier)
- Barrel Aging: Matured 12 months in cask, aged 6 months in tank, then prepared for bottling
- Filtration: Homeopathic fining and very light filtering at bottling, if necessary
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Reviews
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Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières — 2018 – The Wine Advocate – 92 Points
The 2018 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières is another of the more immediate, charming wines in the range, offering up notes of crisp orchard fruit, white peach, clear honey, almond paste and white flowers. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and elegantly enveloping, it's bright and fleshy, with a giving, seductive personality.
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Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières – 2018 – Burghound – 91-94 Points
Outstanding. A slightly riper though still noticeably cool nose features notes of lemon confit, essence of pear and apple compote with pretty floral wisps. The mouthfeel of the markedly stony medium-bodied flavors possess a real contrast between the relatively supple mid-palate and the powerful, serious and citrus rind and quinine-inflected finish that is quite dry but not really austere. This too is very promising. Drink 2030+