Domaine Leflaive, Puligny-Montrachet, Burgundy, Established 1717

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“These Chardonnays have come to be recognised as the finest expressions of this variety on the planet.”

There is a 2000-year vine-growing history in Puligny. It is thought that this quaint, sleepy village, nestling in the Cote de Beaune, and home to the greatest Chardonnay vines in the world, derives its name from a pioneering Roman called Puliniacus who picked the finest spot on earth to cultivate vines.

The Leflaive history dates back to 1717, as the labels proudly state. It was Claude Leflaive who built his house on the square in the middle of the village, nearly 300 years ago, and 10 generations of Leflaives have lived there ever since.

Joseph Leflaive, formally an engineer who designed France’s first submarine, revitalised and expanded the estate in 1920, after the phylloxera epidemic had done its damage and land prices hit an all-time low…

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