Domaine Leflaive Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru
Country
France
bottle size
750 ml
Wine Type
White Wine
Wine Region
Burgundy
Grape Variety
Chardonnay
vintage
2015 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Alcohol
13.50%
characteristics
Body
Medium
Medium
Medium
Acidity
Low
Low
Low
Tannin
Low
Low
Low
2015 [**VINTAGE MAY CHANGE]
Product Description
95 points Vinous
"Very pale, bright, green-tinged yellow. High-pitched aromas of pineapple, peach pit and redcurrant are lively and pure. Silky, fine-grained and sweet, with harmonious acidity and penetrating chalky minerality giving the fresh orchard fruit flavors terrific precision. At once seamless and gripping, this impeccably balanced wine finishes with a subtle whiplash of flavor that leaves the salivary glands humming..
wine score
94-96 points Wine Advocate
"The 2015 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru is clearly more complex and pixelated on the nose compared to the Bâtard-Montrachet: cold wet limestone, gun flint and with continued aeration a touch of orange blossom. The palate is vibrant on the entry, shimmers with citrus fruit, sea salt and spice, building with conviction towards what feels like a structured finish that has a sign saying "Long Term" around it in large letters. What a regal, or perhaps one should say, "knightly" wine."
97 points Wine Spectator
"Offers a broad mouthful of peach, apple and melon flavors, underscored by lively acidity. Has power and weight, with a mouthwatering finish... Really expansive on the finish, where citrus and mineral notes reign."
Profile
Grape Blended
100% Chardonnay
Palate
Sweet, plush and silky; more glyceral than the Pucelles and showing a rare sucrosité for this grand cru in the early going. Wonderfully fine-grained, harmonious and long on the aftertaste
Colour
Bright, pale yellow.
Aroma
Expressive, highly nuanced nose combines stone fruits, lime blossom, white pepper, honey and crushed stone.
Palate
Sweet, plush and silky; more glyceral than the Pucelles and showing a rare sucrosité for this grand cru in the early going. Wonderfully fine-grained, harmonious and long on the aftertaste
Wine Pairing
:Chicken
:Fish
:Seafood
:Vegetarian
Product details
ORIGIN
Sol argilo-calcaire
3 parcels in the Chevalier-Montrachet appellation.
Chevalier du bas sud: 6.5 ouvrées (0.69 acre) planted in 1957 and 1958.
Chevalier du bas nord: 21 ouvrées (2.22 acres) planted in 1955, 1964 and 1980.
Chevalier du haut: 19 ouvrées (2.01 acres) planted in 1974.
Surface: 1ha 83a (4.52 acres).
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, 25% new (maxi 1/3 Vosges, mini 2/3 Allier).
Maturing: after 12 months in cask, the wine is aged 6 months in tank 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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