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Puligny Montrachet le Clavoillon 1996 75cl

AOC Premier Cru | Côtes de Beaune | Burgundy | France
CHF 540.50
Critics scores
91 By Robert Parker
The Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon, tasted from a new oak barrel (only 30% of the assembled wine will be from new oak but the other barrels were still in early stages of malo), exhibits toasted hazelnut aromas and a bone-dry, deep, rich, elegant, medium-to-full-bodied, and tightly wound personality jam-packed with minerals. This wine will require patience. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2010.
Producer
Domaine Leflaive
Today, the Domaine Leflaive stands in the hands of fourth generation, Brice de La Morandiere the great-grandson of founder Joseph Leflaive. Dating back to the 1920s, Joseph undertook the great responsibility of replanting, expanding and revamping the family’s vines in Puligny-Montrachet. Gaining speed in the 1960s and 1970s while under the direction of Joseph’s son Vincent, the estate’s reputation blew up, focusing more on quality, their wines from that moment on have become extremely sought after. With each generation came success. With Vincent’s daughter, the late Anne-Claude for example, the estate became a biodynamic grower-producer further highlighting their already high-quality production. Biodynamic methods help to reflect the elements of the terroir which show through in their balanced, and structured wines. Known as Burgundy’s finest white producer, their wines have brilliant clarity and purity, with complex dimension.