Domaine Leflaive - Puligny Montrachet


Montrachet


GRANDS CRUS


Origine


Sol argilo-calcaire 1 parcel in Chassagne-Montrachet. Year planted: 1960. Surface: 8a 21ca (0.2 acre).

Method of culture


Long, gentle pneumatic pressing, decanting over 24 hours, then racking and running into cask of the must. Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 100% new (origin Allier). Maturing: 12 months in new oak, then 6 months in oak used once, where it is prepared for bottling. Homeopathic fining and very light filtering if necessary.

Wine making


Biodynamic. Manual harvesting with grape sorting and optimisation of choice of date through parcel-by-parcel ripeness monitoring.

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