Beaune Clos des Monsnieres Domaine Olivier Leflaive 2020

Description

Olivier Leflaive is the son of Joseph, nephew of Vincent and cousin of Anne-Claude. He was co-manager of Domaine Leflaive with his uncle Vincent from 1982-1990, and with Anne-Claude from 1990-1994, by which time the négociant business, which he had started in 1985 in order to have some wines to play with outside Puligny-Montrachet, had really blossomed. It was time, in the interests of both parts, to withdraw from the domaine and concentrate on Olivier Leflaive Frères.  He employed the talented Jean-Marc Boillot as winemaker and initially had no vineyards and bought in grapes from selected growers. Under the auspices of winemaker Frank Grux, since 1988, the wines are vinified exactly as they would be at any other first-class Burgundy domaine, with all the whites being barrel-fermented and being aged in small oak barriques. Olivier Leflaive is looking for elegance and finesse rather than power and ‘specularité’. There is little new-oak effect and his wines are usually attractive young. The wines are hallmarks of elegance and purity rather than muscle and are more than worthy of the famous Leflaive name.

Enclosed by drystone walls on three sides and backing steeply onto the Montagne de Beaune, Clos des Monsnières offers a beautiful panorama of Pommard and the Côte.

Shallow clay-limestone soils over ironstone gravel enable Chardonnay to ripen slowly. At their arrival in our cellar, the grapes are immediately and carefully pressed with a pneumatic press . Ageing is 12 months (4 months in stainless steel tank) & 100 % oak barrels (20% of new oak)

Intense dried fruit aromas combine with forestal notes. A complete wine, intensely fresh and lively in style. Its structure perfectly frames the lovely flesh and stunning depth of fruit. With complex hints of peach and ripe pear, this is a wine of great purity, with long lasting flavour.

Perfect with sushi, sashimi or fish carpaccio.