Leflaive Montrachet Grand Cru 1999 750ml

Burghound.com, Apr 19, 2015
Subtly oaky and wonderfully complex aromas of mature citrus fruit, spice, orange peel, exotic jasmin tea and dried flowers. The classy palate impression of the broad-shouldered flavors is one of power and impressive scale that possess really lovely purity on the marvelously long finish that is supported by a pronounced minerality and solid acid structure. This has continued to improve and while there isn't a lot of development potential remaining, there is absolutely no rush to drink up, indeed based on this most recent bottle it would be entirely reasonable to hold this beauty for another few years first. In sum, this is a brilliant Montrachet that is going to be with us for many years to come. Tasted half-a-dozen times and almost without fail the '99 Montrachet has been the best wine in the room.

Domaine Leflaive is the most famous estate in Puligny-Montrachet. Anne-Claude Leflaive became co-gérant of this famous Puligny domaine in 1990 - she move towards an organic approach to her vineyards.
After seven years of experiments, with one third of the domaine biodynamic and two thirds organic, the whole domaine was converted to biodynamic farming in 1997, following in the footsteps of Lalou Bize-Leroy and Nicolas Joly.
Leflaives have been extant in Puligny since 1717 but the real founder of the domaine was Joseph (1870-1953) who was succeeded by two of his sons, Vincent and Jo. Responsibility in today’s generation was at first shared by cousins Olivier and Anne-Claude Leflaive, with the latter taking sole responsibility from 1994. The domaine will lose Olivier’s share of the vineyards from 2009.
Leflaive has 22 hectares of vineyards, including 10 hectares of Premiers Crus (in Puligny Montrachet: Les Combettes, Les Pucelles, Les Clavoillons, Les Folatieres/Les Chalumeaux and in Blagny: Sous le Dos d'Ane) and no fewer than 5 hectares of Grands Crus (Chevalier Montrachet, Batard Montrachet, Bienvenues Batard Montrachet).

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