I have tasted Leflaive wines under Diam corks for the past couple of years and I find them to be hit and miss. This bottle was better than expected and whenever I drink their burgundies I feel they are subtle and often need patience and slow drinking to enjoy them to the maximum.

Domaine Leflaive is standard bearer for the late Anne-Claude Leflaive’s passionately held views on biodynamic cultivation. This philosophy has at its heart the individual treatment of the vines by plant-based compounds according to a strict timetable governed by the lunar cycle, at the same time as a total ban on systemic chemical treatments and insecticides. Rooted in the early 1990s and fully operational by 1997, biodynamic farming has transformed the Domaine’s viticulture, yield, quality and reputation so that it now rests at the very highest level in Burgundy and indeed of all the great white wine estates of the world.

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4 parcels in the Bâtard-Montrachet appellation
Bâtard 7: 7 ouvrées (0.74 acre) planted in 1974 (commune of Chassagne)
Bâtard 8: 8 ouvrées (0.85 acre) planted in 1979 (commune of Puligny)
Bâtard 9: 9 ouvrées (0.95 acre) planted in 1989 (commune of Chassagne)
Bâtard 21: 21 ouvrées (2.22 acres) planted half in 1962, half in 1964 (commune of Puligny).
Surface: 1ha 91a (4.72 acres).

(94 Points)