ProducerEsprit Leflaive

Esprit Leflaive is the boutique negotiant label that offers an expansion beyond the terroirs of Puligny-Montrachet. Established in 2018 and working with partners who share the family’s philosophy, the team has identified individual parcels of superlative quality and their potential to yield wines of purity and precision. Drawing on the fabulous terroirs of Burgundy and expertise in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Esprit Leflaive ventures beyond the Côte de Beaune and the Mâconnais to Chablis and the Côte de Nuits, exploring the wider Burgundy region.

RegionBurgundy, France

Burgundy has always fascinated and frustrated in equal measure. For every eulogising, life-changing proclamation from someone realising wine nirvana, there is some poor soul somewhere bashing their head in perplexity. At its best, Burgundy can provide the ultimate- the transcendental, mystifying, unexplainable pleasure that only truly great wine can bring. But at its worst, it can be an expensive mistake, bring disillusion and even provoke anger.

For sure, Burgundy is not the region of choice for the unadventurous or risk averse! How then to navigate the minefield? Our advice has always...