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  • Country ranking ?

    1 212
  • Producer ranking ?

    51
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Sushi

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The Story

Domaine Leflaive is the very summit of white Burgundy, producing outstanding wines that have the capacity to be very long-lived and develop richness, depth, and complexity with bottle-age. The Domaine owns and tends almost 25 hectares of vineyards mainly located in and around Puligny-Montrachet. Their holdings include 0.08 hectares of Le Montrachet, 2 hectares of Chevalier-Montrachet, 1.91 hectares of Bâtard-Montrachet, 1.6 hectares of Bienven...

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Wine Information

January saw several days of heavy frost towards the end of the month, within the context of a winter that was mild on the whole. With the start of spring and normal temperatures for the season, budburst occurred at the usual time. 
The month of May was definitely a summery one, with temperatures 6°C higher than normal seasonal values. Vegetation proliferated, making the vines sensitive to mildew. Fortunately, the biodynamic programme establis...

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Vintage 2000

The 2000 vintage in Burgundy, France, is generally considered a very good to excellent vintage for both red and white wines. It was a year marked by favorable weather conditions, which allowed grapes to ripen well and produced wines with good structure and aging potential. Here are some key characteristics of the Burgundy wine vintage 2000:

  1. Quality: The 2000 vintage is highly regarded in Burgundy and is often praised for its overall q...

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Tasting note

color

Full

nose

Intense

recommend

Yes

taste

Complex and Elegant

Written Notes

The last wine of these 96 hours was a 2000 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet. It was another yum yum from Anne Claude. This wine was all about the lightly toasted, buttered corn husks. Its ‘zinging finish’ spoke volumes about this ‘immensely delicious’ 2000. This was the best of the vintage on full display. Flesh, date, coconut and more butter oozed out of its glass. Back that thing up (95).

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Origin

Beaune, Burgundy

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