Domaine Leflaive

Bourgogne, France

Puligny-Montrachet – 2013

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  • Vineyard Profile

    • Size: 4.64 hectares (11.47 acres)
      Les Brelances: 32 ouvrées (3.38 acres), planted in 1966 and 2003
      Les Grands Champs: 8 ouvrées (0.85 acre), planted in 1990
      Les Nosroyes: 8 ouvrées (0.85 acre), planted in 1967
      Les Reuchaux: 8 ouvrées (0.85 acre), planted in 1989
      La Rue aux Vaches: 8 ouvrées (0.85 acre), planted in 1963
      Les Tremblots: 40 ouvrées (4.23 acres), planted in 1955,1970,1972,1979 and 1982
      Les Houlières: 4.5 ouvrées (0.48 acre), planted in 1980

    • Appellation: Burgundy
    • Location: Seven parcels in Puligny-Montrachet
    • Cultivation: 100% biodynamic
    • Soil: Calcareous clay
  • Vintage Report

    • Ripeness monitored parcel-by-parcel for optimal harvest date
      Hand harvested with grape sorting

  • Vinification

    • Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, “débourbage,” or “settling of the juice,” over 24 hours; then racking and running the must into cask
      Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 18% new (maximum 1/2 Vosges, minimum 1/2 allier)
      Matured 12 months in cask, then aged 6 months in tank and prepared for bottling
      Homeopathic fining and very light filtering, if necessary

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  • Puligny-Montrachet – 2013 – 88 – 90 points – Vinous

    “Peach nectar complicated by a sexy leesy note on the nose. Round, spicy, dry and classic; actually less fruity than the very promising, floral Bourgogne Blanc that preceded it (snap that wine up if you see it!) but fatter and deeper.”

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