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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 79 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by swyang on 10/23/2023: Oxed... very disappointing. I believe 10 to 12 years is maximum waiting, without risks... then again, I am not sure. (556 views) | | | Tasted by RobinTeo on 10/6/2023 & rated 94 points: Leflaive signature of sesame, salinity and curry leaf hits first followed by lime zest, jasmine, butterscotch and apricots on the palate - with a touch of manuka honey and caramelised peaches. Fantastic concentration and density with acidity suggesting that this came from a higher altitude plot like Pucelles/Chevalier. A touch advanced for 08 but not premoxed and a joy to drink. (448 views) | | | Tasted by The Andrews on 1/29/2023 & rated 93 points: Great bottle. Age appropriate. Love the pucelles nose and creamy mouth feel. A little ripe but just right for a 14 year old wine. Fourth bottle from this case and no signs of premox. No decant necessary. Coravined overnight and was perfect day two. (897 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 8/12/2022 flawed bottle: Oxed (1419 views) | | | Tasted by fcxj on 11/22/2021 & rated 92 points: Lemon peel, good persistence. (2042 views) | | | Tasted by chablis28 on 5/27/2021 & rated 98 points: Same btl as Rocknroller and flt companion to an also compelling '08 Sauzet PM Champ-Canet. A spectacular fully realized head turner that would certainly hold its own with the best from any Puligny producer. I turned to my buddy Jim and said, "anyone wondering what all the fuss is about over Puligny Montrachet needs to drink just one in this rarified air!" If this isn't an epiphany white for any wine lover, I give up! Incredible mouthcoating minerality enhanced by an array of stone & citrus flavors along with other enticing and often fleeting harmonics. I loved this wine! Thanks Kevin! Served on the occasion of Kevin's (rocknroller) 60th celebrated at Minikahda Club with 12 of us enjoying Vincent's outstanding food & Nico's depth hand with the wines we brought along. 110pt occasion! (2558 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 5/27/2021 & rated 97 points: It's the Big LX Birthday Bash: No Holds Barred (Minikahda Club, Mpls): Medium gold color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour. This was a great flight paired with the '08 Sauzet P-M Champ-Canet. Both if these wines were in perfect shape and firing on all cylinders. The food pairing with the Fava Bean Agnolotti with King Crab, Mimolette, and Sherry Butter Liaison was out of this world too. The Pucelles was utterly profound in its complexity and penetration. The nose oozes with saline, richness, lemon, stone fruits, ocean air, dry stones, croissant, lemon blossoms, honey and orange zest all hitting high of the olfactory register. The palate is all that; full bodied and layered, but maintains plenty of brightness and verve, lemon, lemon oil, honey butter, clementine, pear, briny stones, still racy and well delineated, with a ridiculous finish. Regal and truly outstanding. 96+ to 97pts (2637 views) | | | Tasted by DCornutt on 1/1/2021: Oxidized. (2387 views) | | | Tasted by AJ72 on 8/12/2020 & rated 78 points: Initial impression. Colour isn't great, huge richness, buttery, creme brulee etc with a sour bitter edge that doesn't go away. This is going over like a wrought iron hanglider. I've got an 01 Leflaive Combettes next to this as well as an 11 Raveneau Butteaux Chablis. The colour on the 01 is better and the Raveneau looks like a baby in comparison to this. Guess that sums up the story this wine is no good especially considering how much it's worth. Hell I'd rather drink a young fresh Chardonnay at under $50 than spend nearly $300 on this. Track record for 06/07/08 vintage isn't great for Leflaive. Hope they return to their best as it's a shame. (2458 views) | | | Tasted by MJReb on 4/25/2020 flawed bottle: Totally oxidized, its a shame! Had quite a number of 2006, 2007 and 2008 Leflaives partially or totally oxidized. (2280 views) | | | Tasted by rnellans on 2/22/2020 flawed bottle: Very, very advanced...poxed. (2167 views) | | | Tasted by Raizes on 12/5/2019 flawed bottle: 有些氧化，影响了复杂度和入口的结构感，但增添了杏仁、咸酱的氧化风味之后，和高酸度的融合很好，依然别有风味。 (2507 views) | | | Tasted by Paul S on 9/16/2019 & rated 93 points: TNs: Female Burgundy Winemakers Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): Really good too - this was not too far behind a tremendous bottle of 2000 Drouhin Laguiche Montrachet served alongside. The nose was pure Leflaive, with a little flinty lilt, a nice bit of chalk, and bits of white fruit and seashell minerality. The palate had a real sense of energy to it, with bright, lemony acidity racing through beautifully delineated flavours of fresh apples, and a base of chalk and lovely stony minerality trailing away into a wonderfully detailed finish. Gorgeous stuff, lots of power and depth, great length, yet wed to a tremendous sense of definition and focus. While far from undrinkable now, this will only get better with time. I thought it probably needed another 5-6 years before really hitting its stride. (1117 views) | | | Tasted by acyso on 5/17/2019 flawed bottle: HDH Burgundy Auction; 5/17/2019-5/18/2019 (Chicago, IL): No prizes for guessing the flaw. (3803 views) | | | Tasted by ptwu on 3/10/2019 & rated 85 points: Yet another Leflaive Pucelles victimized by premox. Ridiculous. Wasn’t totally gone but not a pleasurable experience. Had an 07 Girardin Corton Charlemagne which was pristine. (2556 views) | | | Tasted by rlove on 5/31/2018 flawed bottle: Oxidized. (3386 views) | | | Tasted by kr522 on 5/12/2018 & rated 88 points: Not really sure what Leflaive was going for here. I’m sometimes a fan of this vintage, but this is overly ripe and bold. (3171 views) | | | Tasted by UTPK on 4/19/2018: Had it against the Lafon Meursault 1 cru Perrieres 2008. More subdued nose, more citric and mineral nose, but less charming and less interesting nose. Very elegant and lean both on the nose and on the palate. Acidic attack, medium body, very good balance. (3017 views) | | | Tasted by snjen on 3/22/2018 & rated 89 points: A little premature - lacked freshness and nerve (2574 views) | | | Tasted by DCornutt on 2/25/2018 flawed bottle: Oxidized!!!!!!!!! (2767 views) | | | Tasted by jwsmith on 12/8/2017 & rated 94 points: Took to a party fearing it could be flawed bottle as the last few. What a wow wine. Darker color but flavor was of a young wine rich and creamy. (2147 views) | | | Tasted by MJReb on 12/3/2017 & rated 93 points: At a friends place: ripe citrus and white fruit, honey notes appearing after some minutes, very good, but it should be drunk soon (2018 views) | | | Tasted by Bourgognefreak on 5/22/2017 & rated 91 points: Overwhelming attack of cream, warm fruit and a bit of oak (although not as much as before).
Quite developed which seems to be the case quite often in respect of white 2008s. Good acidity and length. (3051 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 4/4/2017 & rated 93 points: Light straw colored; nice lemony citric and stony nose; solid, thick and unctuous palate. Great poise and balance. In a great place right now. (3048 views) | | | Tasted by gilrbo on 2/19/2017: Second and last bottle, which I decided to open because the previous one was (partly) premoxed. This one was bought from the same shop and stored next to the other one in my cellar. PnP, then drunk over lunch and the subsequent dinner.
Golden color, not much different from the previous bottle, clear.
At first some signs of evolution on the nose, but after minutes in the glass it gets clean and sharp, with pears and white flowers, mineral complexity and underlying citrus fruit. The first impression on the palate is of a wine with serious body, but the acidity takes over immediately and drives you through a deep and mineral midpalate to a long finish mostly on lemon notes, but also savory and with sweet and elegant fruit. Wonderful wine.
Really too bad that premox makes you uncertain about how long to store and when to open a bottle. (3300 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Burghound, July 2011, Issue #43
(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet "Pucelles" 1er 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Stephen Tanzer
Vinous, September/October 2010, IWC Issue #152
(Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Les Pucelles) Subscribe to see review text. | By Allen Meadows
Burghound, June 2010, Issue #39
(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet "Pucelles" 1er 1er Cru White) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (11/16/2009)
(Dom Leflaive, Les Pucelles Premier Cru Puligny-Montrachet Blanc) Subscribe to see review text. | By John Gilman
View From the Cellar, Nov/Dec 2009, Issue #24, The Superb 2008 Burgundy Vintage- Already in the Shadow of 2009?
(Puligny-Montrachet “Pucelles”- Domaine Leflaive) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (10/12/2011)
(Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles) Light yellow color; tart pear, white flower, poised nose; very tasty, poised, tart pear, lemon, mineral palate; medium-plus finish 93 points |
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| Domaine Leflaive Producer websiteChardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeLes Pucelles In Saint-Aubin, on weinlagen-info
In Puligny-Montrachet on weinlagen-infoFrance Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBurgundy Les vins de Bourgogne (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne) (and in English)
Burgundy - The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Cote d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Cote de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Cote de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Cote Chalonnaise and the Maconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Cote d'Or. Also included by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.
Burgundy Report | Les Grands Jours de Bourgogne - na stejné téma od Heleny Baker
# 2013 Vintage Notes:
* "2013 is a vintage that 20 years ago would have been a disaster." - Will Lyons
* "low yields and highly variable reds, much better whites." - Bill Nanson
* "Virtually all wines were chaptalised, with a bit of sugar added before fermentation to increase the final alcohol level." - Jancis Robinson
# 2014 Vintage Notes:
"We have not had such splendid harvest weather for many years. This will ensure high quality (fragrant, classy and succulent are words already being used) across the board, up and down the hierarchy and well as consistently from south to north geographically apart from those vineyards ravaged by the hail at the end of June." - Clive Coates
# 2015 Vintage Notes:
"Low yields and warm weather allowed for ample ripeness, small berries and an early harvest. Quality is looking extremely fine, with some people whispering comparisons with the outstanding 2005 vintage. Acid levels in individual wines may be crucial." - Jancis Robinson
# 2017 Vintage Notes:
"Chablis suffered greatly from frost in 2017, resulting in very reduced volumes. As ever, the irony seems to be that what remains is very good quality, as it is in the Côte d’Or. Cooler nights across the region have resulted in higher-than-usual acidity, with good conditions throughout the harvest season allowing for ripe, healthy fruit." - Jancis Robinson
# 2018 Vintage Notes:
"The most successful region for red Burgundy in 2018 was the Côte de Beaune. The weather was ideal in this area, with just enough sunlight and rain to produce perfectly balanced wines naturally." - Vinfolio
Côte de Beaune
Côte de Beaune (Bureau interprofessionnel des vins de Bourgogne)
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