2016 - Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles, Leflaive

Country: France |
Region: Burgundy |
Appellation: Puligny-Montrachet |
Producer: Leflaive |
Classification: Premier Cru |
Colour: White |
ABV: 13% |
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Vintage Description Pack Size Case Duty Stock Price
Vintage 2016 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles, Leflaive Pack Size 3 x 1.5L Case OWC Duty IB Stock 1 Price £2,250.00 £2,267.28 £2,720.74

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Tasting Notes

96
Inside Bordeaux Jane Anson - 03 Dec 24
At a private supper in London, this stood out among a stunning lineup of wines. Laced with preserved lemon, pie crust, lime, saffron, complex, textured, impossible to put down. Aged for 12 months in oak, 22% new, then six months in bottle. From 3ha of vineyard set across three individual plots just next to Bâtard-Montrachet.
Drinking Date: 2024 - 2038
92
Vinous Stephen Tanzer - 01 Sep 18
(frost cut production by 30% in 2016): Pale yellow. The closest of these premier crus to exotic on the nose, offering scents of ripe peach, hazelnut and honey. Compellingly rich and sweet on the palate, but with its sucrosité leavened by a distinctly sappy quality. As dense and broad as this wine is, it also shows good chewy firmness on the very long, tactile back end. Nicely ripe for the vintage, this wine will need some time to burn off some of its baby fat. But showing very well considering the recent bottling.
Drinking Date: 2024 - 2031
Puligny Montrachet

Puligny-Montrachet

Puligny-Montrachet, a prestigious Burgundy appellation in Côte de Beaune, is renowned for producing some of the world’s finest Chardonnay wines. Known for their precision, elegance, and complexity, these wines often feature flavours of citrus, green apple, pear, and hazelnut, with flinty minerality and well-integrated oak. The appellation includes esteemed Grand Cru vineyards like Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet, alongside top Premier Crus like Les Pucelles. Notable producers include Domaine Leflaive, Domaine Etienne Sauzet, and Domaine Jean-Marc Boillot, all celebrated for expressing the unique terroir.