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Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Clavoillon(2002)
- Winery:
- Domaine Leflaive
- Varietal:
- Chardonnay
- Region:
- France > Burgundy > Puligny Montrachet
- Type:
- White Wine
- User Tags:
- fruit, (tree) fruit, fine, balance, lenoir grape, mineral, acidic, citrus, herbaceous, dried
A discreet touch of pain grillé frames fresh and exotic aromas of peach, melon and mango that continue onto the round, rich and concentrated flavors that possess real texture due to the solid dry extract on the mouth coating and solidly long finish.
- Stephen Tanzer
- International Wine Cellar
- Issue 116, September/October 2004
- 90/100
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July 2007
- ($106) Complex, precise aromas of apricot, mirabelle , honey and smoke. Silky, fat and full if quite dry; considerably richer than the young 2003, with sound framing acidity. Finishes very long, with a subtle whiplash of flavor. This has filled in quite nicely since I tasted it from barrel last spring.
- Burghound
- Issue 19, Jul 01, 2005
- 90/100
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May 2008
- Anne-Claude Leflaive, the domaine's managing director, told me that the most notable thing about the 2003 vintage was the amazingly early harvest. You have to go back a long, long time to find such a precocious vintage. We elected to wait until August 30th to begin for one essential reason, which was you cannot reasonably pick fruit at the searing temperatures that were present up until the 28th and expect to make anything notable, or at least not notably good. We had rain and much cooler temperatures after the 28th and harvest conditions were good thereafter until we completed things on September read more...
- The Wine Messenger
- Issue 19, 3rd Quarter, 2005
- 90/100
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July 2007
- This is more elegant than usual on the nose with lovely white flower and peach aromas that blend into round, sweet, nicely plump and remarkably fresh middle weight flavors that display real verve and fine finishing complexity. This is beautifully balanced and I like the snappy supporting acidity.
- Burghound
- Apr 26, 2006
- 89/100
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May 2008
- (Leflaive is the largest holder of Clavoillon with a whopping 4.8 ha that average 40 years of age). This is more elegant than usual on the nose with lovely white flower and peach aromas that blend into round, sweet, nicely plump and remarkably fresh middle weight flavors that display real verve and fine finishing complexity. This too is beautifully balanced and I like the snappy acidity. Consistent notes.
- International Wine Cellar
- Sep-04
- 90/100
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September 2007
