Domaine Leflaive, Puligny Montrachet Combettes

Domaine Leflaive, Puligny Montrachet Combettes(from a . 7 ha holding of 35 to 40 year old vines). Firm reduction masks the nuance of what appears to be ripe fruit. The middle weight flavors possess a highly sophisticated mouthfeel that is at once delicate but quite punchy while exuding a subtle minerality on the bone dry finale that just goes one and on. This compact and very tightly wound effort makes it unequivocally clear that this is built to reward extended keeping and like the Folatires, it

finishing a tad chewy

One of the wines of the vintage

silky Barolo

elegant and pure personality

Note well that plenty of patience will be required

Rich bramble fruit with milk chocolate

probably the best vintage produced so far

There is equally good freshness and excellent tension to the slightly richer if not quite as refined flavors that possess a caressing mid-palate mouthfeel before culminating in a lengthy

Medium-bodied with a lively

it was aged in a combination of medium size French oak barrels and Slavonian oak casks

A bit mossy and sullen

The 2017 ferment was fully inoculated