2023 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Pedres Blanques 25% third fill Damy puncheon

25% third fill Damy puncheon

Elevage in 25% new oak

All Chardonnay that sees two years on the less prior to disgorgement

It is bright and precise

2023 Domaine Leflaive Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Pedres Blanques 25% third fill Damy puncheonThis biodynamically farmed Chardonnay comes from the high, stony terrace of Chevalier Montrachet, where thin soils over hard limestone give power with exceptional tension. The fruit is hand harvested and gently pressed, then fermented with native yeasts in oak. levage runs about twelve months in barrels with a restrained share of new wood, followed by six months in tank to harmonize before a light fining. The 2023 is concentrated yet crystalline,