Domaine Leflaive Meursault Dos Ane 2011
The 2011 Domaine Leflaive Meursault Sous le Dos d’Âne is a white Burgundy wine, classified as a Meursault premier cru and made exclusively from Chardonnay. It comes from the Sous le Dos d’Âne parcel, located on a higher slope near the boundary between Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault. The estate cultivates 1.18 hectares here on clay-limestone soils, offering a singular expression of the neighboring terroirs of Puligny.
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
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Leflaive
- Parcelle / Cru
- Sous le dos d'Âne
- Millésime
- 2011
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.
Sous le dos d'Âne
Sous le Dos d’Âne is a delineated climat in the commune of Meursault, located on the heights of the hamlet of Blagny, immediately above or near Meursault Perrières Dessus. It can produce white wine under the Meursault Premier Cru appellation and red wine under the Blagny Premier Cru appellation. The terrain, sloping and exposed to a certain summer dryness, is described as clay-limestone, marly and stony. Its documented production area covers 5.03 hectares.
- Vineyard commune
- Meursault
- Origin of the vineyard name
- The name evokes an elevation or a ridge of land presenting two opposite slopes, comparable to a donkey's back.
- Altitude
- 300–350 m
- Slope
- Sloping terroir, on an elevation with two opposite slopes
- Soil
- Fairly rich clay-limestone, marly and stony soil
- Subsoil and geology
- Marls and limestone
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 1.180000 ha
- Indicative vine age
- Plot planted in 1995 and 2004.
Histoire de la parcelle
The climat is among the officially recognized geographical designations within Meursault Premier Cru. The same winegrowing area historically falls under Blagny Premier Cru for red wines, while the white wines are claimed under Meursault Premier Cru.
