Domain Leflaive Combettes 2021 Bottle (75cl)
The 2021 Domaine Leflaive Les Combettes is a white Puligny-Montrachet classified as Premier Cru, made exclusively from Chardonnay. This cuvée comes from a 0.73-hectare parcel with clay-limestone soils, planted in 1963 and 1972 and farmed biodynamically. The grapes are hand-harvested, and the wine is fermented in oak barrels followed by 12 months of aging on the lees in barrels and about 10 months in stainless steel tanks on fine lees.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Puligny Montrachet
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Leflaive
- Parcelle / Cru
- Les Combettes
- Millésime
- 2021
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Leflaive
Domaine Leflaive is a family-run estate based in Puligny-Montrachet, in the heart of the Côte de Beaune. It cultivates 24 hectares of Chardonnay, spread across the appellations of Puligny-Montrachet, Meursault, Chassagne-Montrachet and several grands crus. The estate is run by Brice de La Morandière, representing the fourth generation linked to the Leflaive family.
- Owner
- Famille Leflaive
- Maître de chais
- Amandine Brillanceau
- Surface (ha)
- 24.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 120 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
The Leflaive family has been based in Puligny-Montrachet since 1717 and at that time owned a few vineyards, the grapes from which were sold. The estate in its modern form was established by Joseph Leflaive (1870–1953), an engineer by training, who returned to manage the family estate following the phylloxera crisis. From 1920 onwards, he embarked on a programme of replanting, acquiring and developing the vineyards, with the support of his estate manager, François Virot. He gradually began marketing the wines under his own label, whilst the first bottles were exported to the United States between 1932 and 1939. Following his death in 1953, his children Jo, Jeanne, Anne and Vincent kept the estate together and established a civil partnership in 1973. Jo took charge of administration and finances, whilst Vincent oversaw the vineyard, the wines and their marketing. Olivier Leflaive became co-manager alongside Vincent in 1986, then Anne-Claude Leflaive joined the management team in 1990 before being appointed manager in 1994. Under her leadership, the estate gradually adopted biodynamic farming during the 1990s. Following her death in April 2015, her nephew Brice de La Morandière, the great-grandson of Joseph Leflaive, became managing partner. Since January 2025, Amandine Brillanceau has held the post of technical director; Louis Brière is cellar master at Puligny-Montrachet.
Les Combettes
Les Combettes is a Premier Cru classified climat of Puligny-Montrachet, located north of the village, bordering the Meursault vineyard and facing the Premier Crus of Charmes. The slope faces south-east, between 249 and 264 meters in altitude, with an average announced slope of 9%. The clay-limestone soils, rich in silts, sands, and clays, contain numerous angular stones of light limestone. A documented part of the climat rests on Pierre de Chassagne, a light and very hard limestone.
- Vineyard commune
- Puligny-Montrachet
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The BIVB links "Les Combettes" to the Gaulish word "combe", which designates a hollow or a valley.
- Exposure
- South-east
- Altitude
- 249–264 m
- Slope
- 9% on average
- Soil
- Very stony clay-limestone soil, rich in silts, sands, and clays
- Subsoil and geology
- Pierre de Chassagne, very hard light limestone, documented on part of the climat
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.730000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner
- Indicative vine age
- Plot planted in 1963 and 1972.
Histoire de la parcelle
Les Combettes was already among the "first cuvées" of Puligny in the classification published by Doctor Jules Lavalle in 1855. The climat is now officially recognized as a Premier Cru complementary geographical denomination of the AOC Puligny-Montrachet, an appellation established in 1937.
