Price: $724.99
6+ Price: $649.99 / btl
The 2022 Puligny-Montrachet Les Folatières 1er Cru is a stunning expression of one of the village’s most prestigious premier cru sites, perched just above Les Pucelles on the slope and known for its blend of finesse and intensity. In Leflaive’s hands, Les Folatières becomes a Chardonnay of remarkable tension and layered complexity. The wine opens with lifted aromatics of white orchard fruit—pear, apple skin, and white peach—interwoven with hawthorn blossom, hazelnut, crushed limestone, and a whisper of gunflint. The palate is vibrant and chiseled, offering a harmonious interplay of richness and minerality. Its texture is both silky and precise, with a taut acid spine carrying flavors of citrus oil, chalk, and saline energy through a long, persistent finish. The 2022 vintage brings a sense of ripeness and approachability, but beneath its youthful charm lies a tightly coiled structure that will reward careful cellaring. This is premier cru white Burgundy at its most refined
Domaine Leflaive Description
Domaine Leflaive stands as one of Burgundy’s most revered and influential estates, a benchmark for Chardonnay not only in Puligny-Montrachet but across the wine world. With a history dating back to the early 20th century, the domaine was transformed into a global reference point under the stewardship of Anne-Claude Leflaive, a visionary leader and one of the earliest advocates of biodynamic viticulture in Burgundy. Since the mid-1990s, Leflaive has cultivated its vineyards with an unwavering respect for nature, emphasizing soil vitality, vine balance, and minimal intervention in the cellar. The estate’s holdings include some of the finest terroirs in the Côte de Beaune, and every wine produced reflects a quiet power, precision, and purity that is unmistakably Leflaive. Today, under the continued guidance of Brice de La Morandière, the domaine remains a paragon of elegance, producing wines of profound terroir expression and age-worthy grace.
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