Domaine Leflaive - Puligny Montrachet


History

2000 years of history -


Puligny and Chassagne have Le Montrachet in common. They adopted the name in honour of this wine that should be tasted - according to the saying - on one's knees, head bared... All the good fairies gathered around the cradle, conferring on this Chardonnay all the graces and virtues. Puligny ...

Ancestral vine stock -


In 1580, a Marc Le Flayve lived in Gissey, near Beaune. A parishioner in Demigny, Claude Leflaive, settled in Puligny in 1717. His house, on today's Place du Monument, provided the roof over the heads of ten generations of Leflaives of direct descent, often christened Claude or Joseph. And up to ...

History of the domaine - From 1920 till now


Act I (1920-1953) - The founding of the Domaine . Act II (1953-1993) - The second generation Act III (since 1982) - The third generation ...

Genealogical -


In 1580, a Marc Le Flayve lived in Gissey, near Beaune. A parishioner in Demigny, Claude Leflaive, settled in Puligny in 1717. His house, on today's Place du Monument, provided the roof over the heads of ten generations of Leflaives of direct descent, often christened Claude or Joseph. And up to ...

Act I: The Founder of the Domaine - (1920 - 1953)


Act I (1920-1953) - The founding of the Domaine Joseph Leflaive (1870-1953) graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique at age 20. An engineer in the marine engineering corps, he participated in particular in the design and creation of the first French submarine. Then his marriage to Camille Biétrix du ...

Act II: The second generation 1953-1993 - (1953 - 1993)


Act II (1953-1993) - The second generation Upon the death of their father in 1953, four children (Anne, Jeanne, Jo and Vincent) choose to maintain the Domaine's unity, and in 1973 created a Société Civile d'Exploitation (SCE - an operating company). Once again, it was a question of careers ...



Archivist and web designer
Beatrice Leflaive

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