Leflaive Puligny Montrachet les Folatieres 1er Cru 2020 (750ML)

95-96 JM / 95 WS / 92-95 BH

A pretty lemon yellow colour. There are extra layers to the bouquet here, ripe fruit and summer flowers while retaining precision, yet with an extra dimension. Pierre thinks this cuvée has stood out from the start of fermentation. There is a velvet gloss to the texture without disturbing the crystalline backbone. Very fine indeed, the best Leflaive Folatières I can remember. Tasted: May 2022.—Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy

Expressive, featuring aromas and flavors of peach, lime blossoms, oyster shell, lemon and stone. Complex and taut, this unfurls slowly to a detailed and spicy aftertaste. Stays defined, courtesy of vivid acidity, while the mineral and toasty spice elements grace the long finish. Best from 2025 through 2035. 375 cases made, 75 cases imported.—Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

Tasting note: An exuberantly fresh, elegant and ever-so-vaguely exotic nose offers up its aromas of green apple, passion fruit, lemon-lime and acacia blossom. The racy, concentrated and overtly mineral-driven flavors possess a bit more size and weight while displaying seriously good persistence on the balanced, bone-dry, lemony and equally chiseled lemon-tinged finale that is presently markedly austere. This beautifully harmonious effort is also really impressive while exhibiting that ineffable sense of presence. Sweet Spot. Outstanding. –Allen Meadows, Burghound