Leflaive – 2017
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Pierre Vincent and Brice de La Morandière, 02 October, 2018. Domaine Leflaive Place Pasquier de la Fontaine 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 30 13 www.leflaive.fr Pierre on 2018: “Well yes, we have a new press, which helps us… Read More
offer of the day – domaine leflaive 2017 – bargain alert!
Actually that last part was joke – but I do almost see restraint in the increase for the Chevalier-Montrachet 🙂 Prices of their 2016s and 2015s, in that order, in the brackets (for even older prices to 2012 you can look here.)… DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2017 – Puligny-Montrachet… Read More
leflaive’s 2016 pricing…
Just a little update to my previous post: It seems that regardless of their prices, the (Swiss) market has lapped up all the grand crus from this offer, but the Bourgogne, Puligny, Clavoillons, Folatières and Pucelles remain unsold for now – the merchant has had to send… Read More
Olivier Leflaive – 2016
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Frank Grux, 07 November 2017. Olivier Leflaive Place du Monument 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 95 27 www.olivier-leflaive.com Frank on 2016: “2016 was clearly a complicated vintage. All was wet to start with – and that came… Read More
domaine leflaive – info in your inbox
Lots of websites allow you to subscribe to an email-list with future info shipped direct to your inbox – though few actually deliver much (this site included :)) – but Leflaive keep sending stuff. You can get it too, if interested, in which case you should be prompted if… Read More
offer of the day – Leflaive 2016…
DOMAINE LEFLAIVE 2016 – Puligny-Montrachet (En Primeur) Just for reflection, you will see the same offer prices of their (2015s, 2013s, 2012s) in the brackets for an idea of ‘progression’. Pouilly-Fuissé 75cl Not offered (37.00 Swiss francs in 2015) Bourgogne 75cl 42.00 Swiss Francs (38.00, 35.00, 35.00)… Read More
Leflaive – 2016
Tasted in Puligny-Montrachet with Pierre Vincent, 09 October, 2017. Domaine Leflaive Place Pasquier de la Fontaine 21190 Puligny-Montrachet Tel: +33 3 80 21 30 13 www.leflaive.fr For a few years I had the nagging feeling that Domaine Leflaive had lost some of their polish. The… Read More
pierre vincent – goodbye vougeraie, hello leflaive…
More Leflaive: I originally posted about this in my Domaine de la Vougeraie 2015 report, in December 2016. Seemingly, and for many weeks, this was Burgundy’s worst kept secret, yet no-one publicised it, and I’ve still seen nothing official about this from either domaine; but, just before… Read More
‘new old’ labels, chez leflaive…
The Domaine Leflaive label is has changed little since its inception in the 1920s, when Joseph Leflaive decided to bottle at the property – itself an innovation at the time. The label when first done stood out from contemporaries, because creamy ‘parchment’ colours were the fashion, but the background to… Read More