Domaine Leflaive
Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay
Burgundy, France
Immediately stunning. The 2021 is a balanced beauty with a lovely combination of tart and ripe pomaceous and tropical fruit, salted lemon curd, lightly toasted bread, loads of chalky minerals and lovely acid. Brilliant energy. Grippy. Special. Certainly one of the great Regional whites from Burgundy. Drink now through 2036.
Immediately stunning. The 2021 is a balanced beauty with a lovely combination of tart and ripe pomaceous and tropical fruit, salted lemon curd, lightly toasted bread, loads of chalky minerals and lovely acid. Brilliant energy. Grippy. Special. Certainly one of the great Regional whites from Burgundy. Drink now through 2036.
Sep 23rd, 2024
Now this was a Bourgogne that over-performed! Loved the energy here. Aromas of flint, apples, lemons, and some flowers. Intense and focused on the palate, with a surprisingly long finish. Seemed to get weightier and chalkier with air, but alas it was all gone too soon. Really good stuff and one to revisit.
Now this was a Bourgogne that over-performed! Loved the energy here. Aromas of flint, apples, lemons, and some flowers. Intense and focused on the palate, with a surprisingly long finish. Seemed to get weightier and chalkier with air, but alas it was all gone too soon. Really good stuff and one to revisit.
Feb 25th, 2024Served alongside the 2019 Montelena. The 2020 Leflaive “Bourgogne” is obviously youthful but already showing its quality. It plays very well with the Montelena but pulls from the greatness of Puligny-Montrachet and brings a certain “je ne sais quoi” that cannot be denied. There’s more complexity and acid than the Montelena but fruit is clearly more on the citrus side of the spectrum and there’s a lovely mineral aspect as well. Only 10% new oak used and it shows…as it’s almost imperceptible relative to the Montelena. Not exactly what I would call a value Bourgogne Blanc…but when you consider that it’s not your typical Bourgogne Blanc due to the source material, I can understand the tariff. It drinks pretty special IMO. Drink now and over the next 10 years.
Served alongside the 2019 Montelena. The 2020 Leflaive “Bourgogne” is obviously youthful but already showing its quality. It plays very well with the Montelena but pulls from the greatness of Puligny-Montrachet and brings a certain “je ne sais quoi” that cannot be denied. There’s more complexity and acid than the Montelena but fruit is clearly more on the citrus side of the spectrum and there’s a lovely mineral aspect as well. Only 10% new oak used and it shows…as it’s almost imperceptible relative to the Montelena. Not exactly what I would call a value Bourgogne Blanc…but when you consider that it’s not your typical Bourgogne Blanc due to the source material, I can understand the tariff. It drinks pretty special IMO. Drink now and over the next 10 years.
Jun 19th, 2023
2013 | Chardonnay
Domaine Leflaive
Burgundy; Côte de Beaune, France
2013 | Chardonnay
Domaine Leflaive
Burgundy; Côte de Beaune, France
Confrérie Des Chevaliers du Tastevin Sous-Commanderie d'Albany; 11 September 2022 at Old Inn on the Green, New Marlborough, MA
Blind wine 1/3 donated by the restaurant.
Confrérie Des Chevaliers du Tastevin Sous-Commanderie d'Albany; 11 September 2022 at Old Inn on the Green, New Marlborough, MA
Blind wine 1/3 donated by the restaurant.
2021 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 🥳 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy, outside of sanctioned events.🍾 Notes may be light, scores will be honest. 💯
1500ml; 5 hour decant 👍👍
2021 Independence Day Party 🇺🇲 🥳 with several members of our Tastevin crew and extended friends.🍷 Proof that our palates are wider than Burgundy, outside of sanctioned events.🍾 Notes may be light, scores will be honest. 💯
1500ml; 5 hour decant 👍👍
Flint
Reduced
Needs time.
Improving quick.
Yum
Day 2: nose was still the same, enchanting. In the mouth, it lost its tension and structure and felt a bit flat.
Flint
Reduced
Needs time.
Improving quick.
Yum
Day 2: nose was still the same, enchanting. In the mouth, it lost its tension and structure and felt a bit flat.
Not nearly as good as the 2010 version of this wine, but still plenty drinkable
Not nearly as good as the 2010 version of this wine, but still plenty drinkable
Sep 22nd, 2019