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Wine Description
The Story
The Grand Cru Chevalier Montrachet sits high on the hillside overlooking Le Montrachet, Bâtard Montrachet and the village of Puligny Montrachet far below.
As a leader of biodynamic viticulture, Domaine Leflaive is renowned for the attention to detail and care that goes in to nourishing each vine from ground to bottle. This organic method of cultivation enriches the soil with plant-based compounds, thus sparing the vines of harmful herbicid...
Vintage 1982
The 1982 vintage in Burgundy produced an abundant, remarkably generous crop across both the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune, though it was largely overshadowed by Bordeaux’s legendary campaign in the same year. A warm, favorable summer led to an exceptionally large harvest of high-yielding, thick-skinned grapes, resulting in red Pinot Noirs that were supple, charming, and fruit-forward in their youth rather than tightly wound or long-lived cl...
