2015 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 94.8 points

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  2/28/2024 - Orange Tsian wrote: 95 Points

  委托餐厅先瓶醒一小时。入杯便有许多芝麻、橘皮、橘皮精油、各种各样熟橘子和熟柚子的风味，带着熟苹果、梨子和菠萝之类的热带果味，萦绕着茉莉、玉兰之类的白花香，营造出健硕紧绷、浓厚而宽广的躯体，若身着华铠之士，桶味颇重，蕴含香草奶昔、菠萝奶油之味，又有白芷、豆蔻、月桂叶等香料，透着轻微水生调、绿茶和矿物感盘踞后段。随着杯中醒酒，花香更扩散，而内里增一丝芒果、橘皮和柚皮味，奶油、奶糖、野蜂蜜和草本糖使整体变得甜美。口感中酒体大而饱满，有着很高的集中度和高且具贯穿力的酸度，入口便带来相当的冲击感和锐利之色，大开大合，势大力沉，却有着细腻的萃取感同富丽堂皇又严肃紧绷的果味，柑橘、柠檬、苹果、黄油桃、菠萝等热带果带来较深色的黄果基调，后段还有坚果油、轻微焦糖、金合欢花和香草奶昔收尾，大量的矿物感伴随酒液行进，此时仍然表现坚实，余味很长。
  
  
  
  两个半小时后，香气和口感似乎都拖下了铠甲，更多奶油奶酪以及鲜奶打法的泡沫柔化边缘，内里一股深邃幽然的柠檬精油和黄花精油，些许散布在皂感里的香料粉，柠檬海盐，又是焦糖香草冰淇淋、雪松、腰果和榛子，让通体变得更加丰富却温和起来。口感已然维持着相当的力量感和冲击力，但同味觉的触面显得更为油润绵柔，酸度和干浸出物触感承托着坚实虬结之躯升腾起来，除却果味之外，亦有些许花茶、香草之类的风味，果味也更富表现力。95-96/100

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  10/29/2023 - crumblemore Likes this wine: 96 Points

  What an extraordinary wine. Finesse, complexity, elegance, power, depth, balance, acidity I think this wine had it all. Maybe the pinnacle of Burgundian Chardonnay I’ve tried. Layers of apple, pear, honeysuckle, mineral, toasted nuts, honey, and vanilla. Very rich, but very fresh. Vibrant acidity and energy paired with great body. Finish is lingering and expansive. I’m still thinking about it!

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  10/21/2023 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 96 Points

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  LOve the popcorn and nuts style of Leflaive. This is more full bodied than for e.g. 2017. Great density but very fresh in the finish. Nice to drink at the moment. 96

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  9/1/2022 - BradE wrote:

  Trio of 2015 Leflaive: Chevalier-Montrachet, Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet, Batard-Montrachet. All decanted at 5pm, served at 6:30pm, enjoyed until 10pm. All three needed a few hours of air, and next time I would decant for three to four hours prior to serving. For the first hour they were all tight, and somewhat homogeneous. In hour two, the Chevalier opened first and from that point on was the consensus favorite, showing more intensity and class. The Bienvenues also improved materially and was quite lovely. The Batard was very good, but not as approachable as a bottle opened soon after release. I'm a fan of many 2015's. At this point, these are very good but shy of outstanding.

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  1/8/2020 - Paul S wrote: 94 Points

  2014 Burgundy Dinner (Yan, National Gallery, Singapore): Absolutely gorgeous - this was a joyful wine. It had a wonderful bouquet - really deep, with notes of cream and apples, chalk and bramble, just fringed with little hints of sweet oak. Gorgeous. The palate was just lovely. Generous yet controlled, a bit wilder than the usually uber-linear and laser-like wines of Anne-Claude maybe, but with a lovely pristine freshness and definition showing in its notes of apples and cream, sweet praline, and a nice bit of spice moving into a super long finish. Just absolutely delicious - a wine of emotion and character. Already drinking fairly well now, but this will keep very well for the mid to longterm.

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