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Domaine Leflaive 'Clavoillon' 1er Cru Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, France 2021

  • $435.00

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CHARDONNAY
TROPICAL & RICH and MINERAL
BIODYNAMIC FARMING
CRITIC SCORE 90+ and COLLECTIBLE & CELLAR-WORTHY
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, CÔTE DE BEAUNE, CÔTE D'OR, and BURGUNDY
FRANCE
  • Winemaker:  Eric Rémy
  • Farming: Biodynamic
  • Grape Varieties: Chardonnay
  • Terroir / Soil: Calcareous clay with mixed percentages of clay and limestone. The Premier Cru site of Clavoillon sits just a stone's throw east of the famed Grand Cru vineyards on the Hill of Corton. 
  • Vinification:  Manual harvesting. Long, gentle  pneumatic pressing, “débourbage,” or “settling of the juice,” over 24  hours; then racking and running the must into the cask. Alcoholic fermentation in oak casks, 22% new (maximum 1/3 Vosges, minimum 2/3 allier). 
  • Aging: Gentle pressing into oak casks. Alcoholic fermentation in 22% new oak. Aged for 12 months in oak casks followed by 6 months of further aging in tank.
  • Critical Acclaim:
    • 94 POINTS, BURGHOUND
    • 94 POINTS, JASPER MORRIS