2020 Meursault Les Meix-Chavaux, Olivier Leflaive
£126.75
(£112.50 per magnum)
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Description
The word Meix means a house, Chavaux being a compression of chef and val, signifying “uphill from the valley”. The micro-climate, orientation and lime-marl soil here giving a wine of sumptuous, rounded texture and soft, mild length. The grapes came in perfectly ripe, but only 70% of a normal yield. The wine has fermented, and is still ageing, in double-sized barrels, one quarter being new. Again exclusive to HH&C (as in past years, when Leflaive’s wine-maker, Franck Grux, cultivated the vineyard), this has pale, green-lemon colour and stony, discrete aromas, which need further barrel-age to develop their complexities. Palate is broad and deep-flavoured, with rich fruit density and promising aftertaste (for drinking 2024-2030+).
Brand
Brand
Olivier Leflaive "Récolte du Domaine"
We are thrilled to have been offering the rare treasures from Patrick and Olivier Leflaive’s ‘Récolte du Domaine’ since the brothers launched this venture with the 2010 vintage. These wines are from vineyards they own, which were previously part of the family’s Domaine Leflaive. In previous years, Olivier Leflaive was co-manager of Domaine Leflaive with his uncle Vincent for 8 years, and for 4 years with his cousin Anne-Claude.
Since winter 2009/2010, there has been an uninterrupted, natural continuation of Domaine Leflaive’s biodynamic vineyard cultivation methods in these vineyards, many of which date back to the 1950s and 1960s. Old vines naturally give low yields, and these wines are some of the most concentrated, intense and thrillingly harmonious of all white Burgundies we know. There is a particular grace, depth of flavour, silky texture and astonishing length in this range that makes the heart skip a beat.