White Wine

TASTING NOTES

TASTING NOTES

This Méal hillside has a similar soil composition to the De I¿Orée vineyard, littered with large pebbles that help to catch the sun¿s warmth. The vine age, in excess of 50 years, has again resulted in very low yields. The tasting note for Le Méal is similar in some respects to De l¿Orée but with a touch more weight, structure...

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TASTING NOTES

The baby Grand Cru, showing the silkiness and finesse of a top vineyard. This is a distinctive, overtly mineral wine with a lovely balance and sense of presence. Once again, this is one of the best value wines in the range. Drink 2008-2018.

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A delicious Puligny with lively citrus and yellow plum fruit aromas. The palate is charming and elegant with appealing, bright citrus flavours and lively stone fruits in the background with hints of brioche and subtle spices. On the finish there is a mouthwatering salty, mineral tang. This is a very approachable and balanced wine which will be lovely to drink...

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A new wine from the Leflaive team is always a big moment and straight away, we are in familiar territory here with a controlled delivery of bright, floral-scented fruit with a little white apple and bursts of citrus. In the mouth, the wine develops in a direct manner, uncomplicated and pure with a dry, mineral finish and impressive length for...

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TASTING NOTES

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The 2012, made from 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon, was the only wine made by d’Yquem in the vintage. The team picked and started to make a Sauternes but Garbay said ‘after the first tasting we decided the quality was not enough to make d’Yquem’. The Y grapes are picked before the Sauternes grapes with only a little botrytis...

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