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White
1996 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles
Chardonnay
- France
- Burgundy
- Côte de Beaune
- Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
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Community Tasting Notes 91
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fcxj wrote: 96 points
April 17, 2024 - Just textbook example, non-library. Lemon curd aromatics. Structure and length, very serene.
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BenBlu Likes this wine: 96 points
April 13, 2024 - A sensational wine that is Leflaive 96 Pucelles. My third bottle of a very good case and it’s consistently brilliant. It works well on pnp but it doesn’t tire quickly. Immediately wafting from the glass with beurre Blanc, sesame, white truffle, sunflowers, salted popcorn. The umami element is just so intense here and there is still enough acidity and stone fruit to keep it balanced. Left in a Zalto Burg glass for an hour you get smoke and coffee bean and salted caramel. Gosh this is great! I personally lean to Combettes 96 Leflaive slightly (for the added energy and precision) but both are two sides of an immensely shining coin and I wouldn’t call anyone a fool for disagreeing and picking Pucelles (for it’s more rich personality). Great now and I would be drinking those as I have been as I wonder what you stand to gain… just perfect right now and as good as aged white Burgundy premier cru gets. 96 is likely an underrating.
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LW31 Likes this wine:
February 2, 2024 - Great bottle of this. At peak. Classic Pucelles. Fabulous energy.
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hprphf Likes this wine: 94 points
September 22, 2023 - No 00957, from a UK cellar. Sesame, popcorn, composed, so young, great tension, best of old Leflaive in its prime youth. 94+
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nmmnori Likes this wine: 94 points
April 14, 2023 - Stunning wine, but unfortunately suffered slightly from TCA. Not enough to detract totally from the wine beneath, but present. Still mildly reductive in the most elegant way, characteristic of the finest Leflaive from this era.
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By Allen Meadows
3/24/2023 (link)(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet "Les Pucelles" 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Sep/Oct 2018, Issue #77, Another Look At the 1996 Burgundy Vintage- Time Heals Many Wounds.(Puligny-Montrachet “les Pucelles”- Domaine Leflaive) Subscribe to see review text.
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By John Gilman
Jul/Aug 2017, Issue #70, Recently Tasted Mature White Burgundies(Puligny-Montrachet “Pucelles”- Domaine Leflaive) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Allen Meadows
4th Quarter, 2006, Issue #24 (link)(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Pucelles 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Allen Meadows
5/5/2006 (link)(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text.
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By Stephen Tanzer
September/October 1998, IWC Issue #80 (link)(Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Les Pucelles) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1996
- Type White
- Producer Domaine Leflaive
- Varietal Chardonnay
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard Les Pucelles
- Country France
- Region Burgundy
- SubRegion Côte de Beaune
- Appellation Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 6 (1%)
- In Cellars 548 (53%)
- Consumed 479 (46%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerDomaine Leflaive
- VarietyChardonnay
- VineyardLes Pucelles
- CountryFrance
- RegionBurgundy
- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationPuligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
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- SubRegionCôte de Beaune
- AppellationPuligny-Montrachet 1er Cru