{"product_id":"domaine-leflaive-chevalier-montrachet-grand-cru-2011-750ml","title":"Domaine Leflaive - Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2023 (750ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Leflaive family has been a leader in Burgundy winemaking since 1717 and today is considered one of the top producers of white Burgundy. Claude Leflaive purchased two hectares of vineyards in the early 1700s in Puligny-Montrachet, becoming one of the first vignerons on record in the area. Years later in the 1900s, Joseph Leflaive inherited those two hectares and expanded the family property creating Domaine Leflaive. Rather than continuing to sell the small amount of wine to local negociants, Joseph purchased exceptional parcels of land in the aftermath of the phylloxera epidemic and regrafted Chardonnay vines onto American rootstock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eToday, Domaine Leflaive extends over 40 hectares across Puligny-Montrachet, Macon-Verze and Solutre-Pouilly with five hectares of Grand Cru and 11 hectares of Premier Cru vineyards. Domaine Leflaive is also known as a pioneer in biodynamic farming in Burgundy. Back in the 1990’s Anne-Claude Leflaive became co-director of the domaine and immediately began investigating how to improve the vineyards. Through her research and dedication, Domaine Leflaive was converted completely to biodynamic farming by 1997 and the quality of the vines and soil improved greatly, thus creating exceptional terroir driven wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Domaine Leflaive wines of Puligny-Montrachet are known for having a rich mineral backbone and rounded structure. The vineyards in this area are limestone rich with calcareous soils. The Leflaive wines of Macon Verze are also quite distinct with a lively fruity structure. The Chardonnay vines are matured and well established on a western facing slope for balanced and evenly ripened grapes. All Domaine Leflaive wines are distinctly unique and reflective of the extremely beautiful and diverse terroir of Burgundy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e96 points Wine Spectator\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShows an inner sense of power rather than sheer size, developing peach, lemon, baking spice and mineral flavors. Vivid and long, with a persistent aftertaste. Best from 2017 through 2028. (BS) (9\/2014)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e93-96 points Burghound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn ultra-elegant, pure and strikingly expressive nose of airy and intensely spicy acacia blossom, wet stone, lemon peel and various white-fleshed fruit aromas. There is a lilting mouth feel to the gorgeously intense, precise and cuts-like-a-knife medium weight plus flavors that brim with mineral and an abundance of dry extract that coats the palate on the hugely long finish. The balance is impeccable and this will be one of the relatively few 2011s that should amply reward longer-term cellaring. *Don't Miss!* (9\/2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e95 points Int'l Wine Cellar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSubdued but pure aromas of pineapple, crushed rock and white flowers; less fruity today than the Bienvenue or Batard. Then fat and ripe but with terrific verve to the mineral and spice flavors. With a few minutes in the glass, this highly concentrated, electric wine came across as more tightly coiled, with its energy and cut becoming more apparent. Most impressive today on the extremely long, perfumed back end, which leaves the palate vibrating under a layer of mineral dust. Winemaker Remy says he wouldn't start drinking this wine for 12 years. (ST) 95+ (9\/2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e93 points Wine Advocate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. Anne-Claude Leflaive’s Chevalier-Montrachet 2011 is bestowed with a crystalline bouquet, reticent at first, but then unfurling with subtle mineral notes, licorice, spice and flint aromas. The palate is clean and fresh with crisp acidity. There is more tension here than in Philippe Colin’s Chevalier, with a citric core of fruit, although it needs more delineation and minerality on the rather muscular finish. That will surely develop with commensurate bottle age. (NM) (11\/2014)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Logan, Domaine Leflaive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44582755533024,"sku":"120726","price":3225.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0649\/9713\/0464\/products\/domaine-leflaive-chevalier-montrachet-grand-cru_1.jpg?v=1745941215","url":"https:\/\/yianniswinery.com\/products\/domaine-leflaive-chevalier-montrachet-grand-cru-2011-750ml","provider":"Yiannis Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}