mildly warm and youthfully austere finale where a touch of bitter pit fruit character shows up

but it is swathed in copious tobacco-drenched black fruit and a superb line of acidity

Lots of fruit on the front palate – really a rather unusual amount

waxing lyrical when I first tasted it way back in 2000

Domaine Leflaive, Puligny Montrachet Combettes other_regions mildly warm and youthfully austere(from a . 7 ha holding of 35 to 40 year old vines). Firm reduction masks the nuance of what appears to be ripe fruit. The middle weight flavors possess a highly sophisticated mouthfeel that is at once delicate but quite punchy while exuding a subtle minerality on the bone dry finale that just goes one and on. This compact and very tightly wound effort makes it unequivocally clear that this is built to reward extended keeping and like the Folatires, it