Wine Domaine Leflaive, Puligny-Montrachet AOC, 2016
Tasting Notes
Wine is characterized by a beautiful pale golden color.
Soft, round, fruity wine has an elegant acidity and a long finish ends.
The aroma of wine is dominated by shades of white flowers surrounded by notes of apple and vanilla.
Wine stands a perfect complement to fish, crab or lobster meat, soft cheeses and semi.
Interesting Facts
Its name Puligny-Montrachet wine of the same name is obliged to commune in eastern France, which brings together seven vineyards with a total area of 4.6 hectares. Known worldwide Montrachet vineyards gave connoisseurs of luxury vintage wines with soft texture, wonderful aromatic palette, rounded and elegant acidity.
The undeniable success of Puligny-Montrachet wine - is the result of an interaction of several factors: the combination of the local topography, soil structure dominated by limestone, climatic conditions and biodynamic methods of growing grapes. Winery Leflaive 1990 completely eliminate the use of herbicides and pesticides, which significantly affects the quality of wines. Instead, it was suggested the use of organic fertilizers, compost, which is more favorable for the vine and can saturate the soil with essential nutrients. Biodynamic cultivation also involves manual labor only. The healthiest berries are removed from the vines, gently pressed, and then for 24 hours, the resulting juice is subjected to decantation. Long and natural fermentation takes place in oak barrels, 18% of which - new. Wine kept in barrels for about a year, and then it moved to a temperature-controlled steel tank for another 6 months. After aging, the wine is filtered and the need for bottled.
One of the most famous Burgundy wine Domaine Leflaive company was founded in 1717 in Puligny-Montrachet. Inherited it passed Joseph Leflaive (1870-1953), who for 20 years has bought the best vineyards in the area Puligny total area of about 25 hectares. Selflessly caring about the harvest, Joseph Leflaive made of fine quality Chardonnay, which became the basis of magnificent, multi-layered, complex wine, very elegant and perfectly balanced. Inheriting the vineyards after the death of Joseph, four out of five children came to a consensus on the indivisibility winery to preserve and increase the impeccable reputation of the best white Burgundy wine Domaine Leflaive.
Producer's description
The founder of the Domaine Leflaive winery is Claude Leflaive, who in 1717 acquired vineyards in the small area of Puligny-Montrachet. By inheritance, the family estate passed to Joseph Leflev (1870-1953), who, being an engineer by training, took part in the creation of the first French submarine. But, without achieving much success in this area, in 1905 Joseph returned to his hometown, took over his father’s farm and bought 25 hectares of vineyards in the area at a very low price, since most of them were affected by the phylloxera epidemic. Few people believed in the success of the business, but Joseph Leflev knew that the vineyards were of great value, so he did everything to develop them. He achieved results, and since 1920 Domaine Leflaive began producing wines under its own brand. Over time, they gained a reputation as the best wines of Burgundy, winning the hearts of connoisseurs with their excellent quality and unsurpassed taste.
Having inherited the winery after Joseph's death, four of his five children agreed on the need to preserve the great name and winemaking traditions of Domaine Leflaive. Since 1990, Joseph's daughter Anne-Claude took responsibility for the management and development of his farm. She looks at things philosophically and is not afraid to experiment, which is why, since 1990, only biodynamic growing methods have been used in all vineyards. The farm completely abandoned the use of herbicides and pesticides, and instead began to use natural fertilizers and compost. This made it possible to saturate the soil with nutrients, improve the health of the vines and obtain an excellent natural product. As Anne-Claude herself says, her wines have incredible intensity, full of vitality and energy. The daughter of the legendary Joseph Leflève was not afraid to make revolutionary changes, and she herself became a legend.
