Batard-Montrachet Grand Cru

Specification

Producer

Domaine Leflaive

Region

Burgundy

Where

Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy

Classification

Grand Cru

Grapes

Chardonnay

Vintage

2016

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMLEF161X75

About this wine

Bâtard-Montrachet lies just below Le Montrachet on deeper soils and straddles the boundary of Puligny and Chassagne. Leflaive’s Bâtard is the broadest and richest of the domaine’s grands crus, with ripe fruit, weight and a long finish held together by fine acidity. It is generous when young but rewards ten to twenty years in bottle.

About Domaine Leflaive

Domaine Leflaive is the leading estate of Puligny-Montrachet, where the Leflaive family has lived since the eighteenth century. The domaine took its modern shape under Joseph Leflaive in the early twentieth century and is still family owned. From 1990 it was run by Anne-Claude Leflaive, who converted the vineyards to biodynamic farming during the 1990s.

The domaine holds parcels in the grands crus Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet, and in Puligny’s best premiers crus. Its white Burgundies are prized for their precision, purity and ability to age, and are among the most sought-after Chardonnays in the world.