Domaines Leflaive Pouilly Fuisse 2023 (750ml)

2023 Release estimate arrive next week. Late July/Early August. Limited Stock, open for pre-order, and delivery while it's arrived. As always, mix any 6 of wine get 10% off on check out. 

Domaine Leflaive is one of the most highly-regarded producers of white wine in all of Burgundy. Third-generation Anne-Claude Leflaive took over in 1994, working with winemaker Pierre Morey until his retirement in 2008. Since the untimely death of Anne-Claude in 2015, her nephew Brice de La Morandière has
run the estate; he appointed current winemaker Pierre Vincent in 2017, who will be leaving the estate at the end of2024.

The family farms 24ha in the Côte de Beaune and as much again in the Mâconnais, entirely planted to Chardonnay. The domaine has been farmed according to biodynamic principles since the harvest of 1997; Brice de La Morandière believes that this has dramatically benefited the clay-rich soils.

The Chardonnay grapes are lightly crushed before a slow press, a brief settling and then fermentation in cask. During the first year, the wines are left in barrel and not racked until August.

Pouilly-Fuissé
Clay-limestone soil, with a very shallow depth of soil. Gentle slope. 0.234 ha. Situated below the Roche de Solutré, facing due south. Very precocious terroir.

Pouilly – Fuisse 2023

This is a wine of places - yes, of several places - between the Roche de Solutré and the Roche de Vergisson. It’s a blend from 12 plots spread across four villages, each with different geological layers, altitudes, and exposures. At Leflaive, we devote the same level of care to crafting this Pouilly-Fuissé as we do to our Puligny wines: manual
harvesting, long and gentle pressing, 12 months of barrel aging followed by 6 months in tank...The result is a 2023 vintage with remarkable balance, structure, and excellent concentration. When well made, a Pouilly-Fuissé Village can come close to a Premier Cru. And while already excellent when young, it has the potential to become truly exceptional after seven to eight years of cellaring.