Domaine Leflaive Pouilly-Fuissé 2021
(Maconnais, Burgundy, France) 750mL
Regular price $164.00 Sale price $159.97 Save $4.03
About the Winery:
Domaine Leflaive has been entirely a family domaine since its creation. Brice de La Morandière, great grandson of the founder, Joseph Leflaive, represents the fourth generation at the head of the domaine. In 2015, after an international career in industry, he succeeded Anne-Claude, pioneer in biodynamics. It is with the same philosophy of respect for the great terroirs, humility toward the forces of nature, and relentless pursuit of excellence in viticulture and in winemaking that the domaine will continue to grow in the future.
About the Vineyard:
Domaines Leflaive cultivates 2.16 hectares in the appellation Pouilly-Fuissé. Pouilly-Fuissé, the flagship region of the Mâconnais, is cordoned to the west by a flotilla of prow-shaped rocks, of which the Rock of Solutré is the most famous. (At the base of this cliff is a Stone Age archaeological site containing the skeletons of over 100,000 horses — which gives the name to the archaeologic era of the Solutrian.) The bowl at the foot of the Rock of Solutré is the heartland of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation, with some of the best soil forming strata on which Chardonnay grows in all of Burgundy. Composed of fossiliferous marl and marly limestone, the area was under the shallow Jurassic sea millions of years ago.
Viticulture: 100% biodynamic
Size: 2.16 hectares (5.34 acres)
Soil: Shallow calcareous clay located around the Roche de Solutre
First Year of Production: 2012
Vinification: Fermentation: 25% in egg-cement and 75% in oak barrels (15% new). Malolactic: 100%
Aging: 12 months in oak casks, 20% new, then 6 months in small, stainless-steel tanks.
Filtration: Very light
Fining: Homeopathic
"Sleek and well-defined, this white touches on peach, ripe apple, citrus and baking spice aromas and flavors. Rich and complex, with terrific balance and a long, mineral-inflected aftertaste. Drink now through 2028. 637 cases made, 127 cases imported. – BS (Aug 2023)
Domaine Leflaive has been entirely a family domaine since its creation. Brice de La Morandière, great grandson of the founder, Joseph Leflaive, represents the fourth generation at the head of the domaine. In 2015, after an international career in industry, he succeeded Anne-Claude, pioneer in biodynamics. It is with the same philosophy of respect for the great terroirs, humility toward the forces of nature, and relentless pursuit of excellence in viticulture and in winemaking that the domaine will continue to grow in the future.
About the Vineyard:
Domaines Leflaive cultivates 2.16 hectares in the appellation Pouilly-Fuissé. Pouilly-Fuissé, the flagship region of the Mâconnais, is cordoned to the west by a flotilla of prow-shaped rocks, of which the Rock of Solutré is the most famous. (At the base of this cliff is a Stone Age archaeological site containing the skeletons of over 100,000 horses — which gives the name to the archaeologic era of the Solutrian.) The bowl at the foot of the Rock of Solutré is the heartland of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation, with some of the best soil forming strata on which Chardonnay grows in all of Burgundy. Composed of fossiliferous marl and marly limestone, the area was under the shallow Jurassic sea millions of years ago.
Technical Information
Appellation: Pouilly-FuisséViticulture: 100% biodynamic
Size: 2.16 hectares (5.34 acres)
Soil: Shallow calcareous clay located around the Roche de Solutre
First Year of Production: 2012
Vinification: Fermentation: 25% in egg-cement and 75% in oak barrels (15% new). Malolactic: 100%
Aging: 12 months in oak casks, 20% new, then 6 months in small, stainless-steel tanks.
Filtration: Very light
Fining: Homeopathic
Ratings & Reviews
92 Points - Wine Spectator (2020):"Sleek and well-defined, this white touches on peach, ripe apple, citrus and baking spice aromas and flavors. Rich and complex, with terrific balance and a long, mineral-inflected aftertaste. Drink now through 2028. 637 cases made, 127 cases imported. – BS (Aug 2023)