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Wine Description
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...
Wine Information
Spared by frost, enjoying excellent flowering conditions, and affected by hail, Burgundy saw an exceptional fruit set in 1982. The summer's favourable weather conditions were crowned by September's remarkable sunshine. These circumstances led to an early harvest of ripe grapes concentrated in sugar. With abundant volume, Nature offset 1981's low yield. The white wines were particularly rich and elegant, with a lovely bouquet and considerable c...
Vintage 1982
The good spring weather gave rise to rapid fruit set, followed by a classic summer and a warm start to autumn. However, there was little green harvest at the time, so the resulting harvest was enormous. Pinot Noir is very sensitive to high production and, despite the ideal growing conditions, this affected the character of the vintage. Red wines were light and offered immediate drinking pleasure early in their life; whites did much better beca...
