Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru 2000 750ml

Burghound.com/ Tasted: Apr 19, 2014
The expressive nose features astonishingly elegant aromas of green spiced apple and hints of exotic fruit and citrus that are trimmed in ample wood toast. There is excellent verve to the intensely mineral-driven flavors that are crystalline in their purity of expression and gorgeously well-detailed. and overall the 2000 Chevy is a complete wine with a brilliantly long finish that seems to be crafted from liquified rock. In terms of drinkability, to my taste this is close to arriving at its apogee though even if not quite ready it's close enough to provide plenty of enjoyment.

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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