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Domaine Leflaive 'Les Chenes' Macon-Verze 2023
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- TASTING NOTE: A lovely nose of white peach, mint and green melon. Full and sappy in the mouth, layered with flavour and cut by minerally acidity. Nice proportion, poise and balance and excellent now with the propensity to age well.
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ABOUT THE WINE: Clay-limestone terroir with little depth before reaching the
bedrock. Gentle to very steep slopes. 3.43 ha located in the
heart of the Verzé valley, “Les Chênes” comprises two southwest-facing parcels. -
ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Domaine Leflaive is the most famous estate in Puligny-Montrachet. Anne-Claude Leflaive became co-gérant of this famous Puligny domaine in 1990 - she had long believed that the use of fertilisers and herbicides was doing serious long-term damage to the soil in Burgundy and one of her first innovations was to 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. The wines are aged for 12 months in 25% new oak and are then transferred to steel tanks where they are allowed to clarify naturally over the second winter. They are then fined and bottled. Leflaive produces superb wines that combine richness and depth of fruit with elegance, refinement and perfect balance.
- COUNTRY: France
- REGION: Burgundy
- SUB-REGION: Maconnais
- VARIETAL: Chardonnay
- WINE STYLE: White Wine
- WINEMAKER: Pierre Vincent
- CLASSIFICATION: Biodynamic Farming
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13%
- SIZE: 750ml
