2018 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France 750ml

2018 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France 750ml

$1,343.00
$1,495.00
Vintage
Producer
Grape/Blend
Pairing
Chicken and Turkey
Standard Bottle (750 mL) 0 units available

 

Tasting notes

The 2018 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru was also quite introverted and reserved when I
tasted it, mingling scents of orange oil, pear and green apple with hints of crushed chalk and
fresh pastry in a youthfully shy bouquet. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, chalky and
tensile, with fine concentration, racy acids and a serious, almost austere profile in the context
of this charming white Burgundy vintage. (WK)

Producer

Domaine Leflaive

We are pleased to offer you a selection of excellent wines from Puligny-Montrachet’s famous Domaine Leflaive, which is certainly one of the finest white burgundy producers in the Côte de Beaune. The Leflaive family’s roots in the region date back to 1717, but the wines rose to prominence under the stewardship of Joseph Leflaive, who expanded his holdings in 1905 with a purchase of 25 hectares. When Anne-Claude Leflaive took the reins in 1990, she eschewed herbicides and chemical fertilizers and began experimenting with building healthy organic soil. She believed that biodynamic farming ...