2021 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France 750ml

2021 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France 750ml

$2,825.00
$3,000.00
Vintage
Producer
Grape/Blend
Pairing
Chicken and Turkey
Standard Bottle (750 mL) 0 units available

 

Tasting notes

Lemon in colour with a light green reflection. The Chevalier is clearly stricter than the two Bâtards. Chiselled, firm, not yet flamboyant, pure white fruit as ever, a little lime at the finish mixed into the flesh – indeed rather broader at the finish than expected. A little biscuity note too. The Chevalier is less in place today than the other Grands Crus but may well settle down to justify its place in the hierarchy. 

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 ...