Domaine Leflaive - Puligny Montrachet


Vine growing


The grape makes the wine The master's eye The team



The grape makes the wine At the Domaine, the health of the harvest determines the wine's quality. The spreading of compost, close pruning, de-budding and organic cultivation of the vine enable strict yield control. Vinification and raising of the wine are carried out with respect for Burgundian tradition: long natural fermentation in oak casks, and stirring of the lees up till winter. The pneumatic presses and air conditioning in the winery are the contributions of progress. Two winters in the cellar give the wine all the attributes necessary to "stand on both feet" once in bottle, to use a local expression. The master's eye Domaine Leflaive has always had an estate manager: François Virot during its first forty years, then his son Jean, to whom he passed on all his know-how and his exceptional experience of the vine and wine. In 1989, Pierre Morey, also from a long, excellent line of great vine-growers, took over. All three have brought to the Domaine their knowledge, experience and tasting finesse as the outcome of enduring and perfect teamwork. . The team : One team, in fact. You can't have wine of terroir without women and men of terroir. Salaried employees and pieceworkers (vine-growers doing "piecework" according to the oldest Burgundian tradition, each responsible for his own vineyard area) carry on from father to son in the love of their trade. Coming from Puligny-Montrachet and its surroundings, they're eager to defend, throughout the year in the vineyard, a common heritage and an object of pride, a culture in both senses of the word.




Archivist and web designer
Beatrice Leflaive

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