March 1, 2024 - Some Wine Tasted at the Acker La Paulée Auction (Maybourne Hotel - Beverly Hills CA): Tasted at auction. Magnum. Quiet start, the nearly explosively good middle-to-finish. This might also be the best I can ever recall for this (inconsistent) wine.
December 7, 2023 - (CDV)
Si je reproche souvent à la maison de produire des vins trop boisés à mon goût, ce n’était pas le cas de celui-ci. Mais le grillé fumé de l’autolyse, offrant une réduction tenace et envahissante, n’allait pas pour autant me convaincre.
En effet, l’aromatique restait engoncé dans des notes de pierre à fusil, entachant la pureté et la complexité aromatique de l’ensemble (sous-bois, petits champignons). L’équilibre du millesime se faisait bien sentir toutefois, sur la tension, la fraîcheur structurelle, donnant de l'allant et du souffle au vin.
Un Batard tranchant, étiré (la très belle longueur du pédigrée) à servir de préférence sur des viandes blanches
November 19, 2023 - Gorgeous nose and rich mouthfeel. Amazing mature Batard.
June 12, 2022 - Tasted blind, this wine had a deep yellow center and clear rims. The medium intensity nose gained with air to show minerals, lemon, apples, and some toasty oak.
In the mouth, this wine was extremely well balanced with richness, acidity, and great length.
This still seemed a bit young but it was starting to drink well. This, again, had a bit too much oak in the mouth for my taste. Those that don't mind the oak might score it a couple points higher. Drink over the next 15 years.
May 8, 2022 - blind
Very good Burgundy, but this time not that perfect I had it a few times. Brilliantly balanced but this time at his peak, I had it "younger" in the palate. Anyway worth to search for it. Thanks Micha. 97
August 26, 2021 - Transparent and clean bottle. Good freshness here. Gained complexity with airtime.
August 15, 2021 - Another perfect bottle of this from the same cellar. Impossibly light in colour. Consistent with the August 2020 note. Extremely fresh and clean. Has that wonderful Leflaive reduction and struck match sulphur smoke above golden tropical fruit. Surprisingly youthful and so clean it’s almost in a state of arrested development. Beautiful white oak spice nicely integrated. Opulent and dense but cut with good acid. 95 - 96.
August 7, 2021 - From 3 liter. Incredibly young in this format. Benefited somewhat from airtime, but really needed another 5+ years on bottle. Good mouthfeel to this wine, and the ripe fruit is nicely balanced by mineral notes when it shows this young.
July 26, 2021 - semiblind, 95,96, 97
WOTH, guessed 96, close to his peak but I had this wine twice even better. 98
June 5, 2021 - The weight and power of this wine are pure Bâtard-Montrachet and the elegance is Domaine Leflaive. From a perfectly preserved collection, it displays a medium gold color. Just a hint of butterscotch to the agrume flavors and not a hint of oxidation. Still, it flattens out with air and time and was at its best the first fifteen minutes. Should we expect more from any white Burgundy at the quarter-century mark?