Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1 Cru Clavoillon 2017
The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon is excellent, and a clear step up over the Puligny Village, something that can’t be taken for granted. Offering up aromas of lemon, beeswax, white flowers and blanched almonds, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and nicely concentrated, with tangy acids, chewy extract and a long, precise finish. It’s promisingly tight-knit and should develop further before it’s bottled.
Vintage
The 2017 vintage is the first with Domaine Leflaive’s new régisseur Pierre Vincent at the helm, so this was naturally a tasting replete with interest. No domaine stands still, and this storied Puligny estate has already witnessed a number of distinct eras. First came founder Joseph Lefalive and régisseur François Virot in 1918, who replanted the Leflaive vineyards after phylloxera and inaugurated the practice of completing the wines’ élevage in stainless steel to compensate for Puligny’s lack of cold, humid underground cellars. François retired in 1953, succeeded by his son Jean at the same moment when Jo and Vincent Leflaive succeeded their father Joseph. Uniting amplitude, tension and, above all, elegance, the wines of the Virot era defined greatness in Puligny and made the Domaine’s reputation.
Method of Culture
Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, decanting over 24 hours, then racking and running into cask of the must.
Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 22% new (maxi 1/2 Vosges, mini 1/2 Allier).
Maturing: after 12 months in cask, the wine is aged 6 months in tank where it is prepared for bottling.
Homeopathic fining and very light filtering if necessary.
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay
WINE MAKING: Biodynamic.
Manual harvesting with grape sorting and optimisation of choice of date through parcel-by-parcel ripeness monitoring.
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