2021 Domaine Leflaive Pouilly-Fuisse, Maconnais, France (750ml)
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TASTING NOTES:
Domaines Leflaive cultivates 2.16 hectares in the appellation Pouilly-Fuissé. Pouilly-Fuissé, the flagship region of the Mâconnais, is cordoned to the west by a flotilla of prow-shaped rocks, of which the Rock of Solutré is the most famous. (At the base of this cliff is a Stone Age archaeological site containing the skeletons of over 100,000 horses — which gives the name to the archaeologic era of the Solutrian.) The bowl at the foot of the Rock of Solutré is the heartland of the Pouilly-Fuissé appellation, with some of the best soil forming strata on which Chardonnay grows in all of Burgundy. Composed of fossiliferous marl and marly limestone, the area was under the shallow Jurassic sea millions of years ago.
Appellation:Pouilly-Fuissé
Viticulture:100% biodynamic
Size:2.16 hectares (5.34 acres)
Vine Age:Planted in 1960 and 2011
Soil:Shallow calcareous clay located around the Roche de Solutre
Exposure:South-East to South-West exposure
First Year of Production:2012
Vinification
Fermentation: 25% in egg-cement and 75% in oak barrels (15% new).
Malolactic: 100%
Aging: 12 months in oak casks, 20% new, then 6 months in small, stainless-steel tanks.
Filtration: Very light
Fining: Homeopathic
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