Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet other_regions_italy layered and with a tantalizing

layered and with a tantalizing nuttiness

earth and black cherry

I continue to love the 2013 St Joseph and it's a classic

powerful and voluptuous

An impressively complex nose offers up aromas of rose petals

Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet other_regions_italy layered and with a tantalizing(from 3 different parcels, two on the Chassagne side and the third in the Puligny sector that is near the border dividing the two communes). Mild reduction knocks down the nose but it seems reasonably clear that the underlying fruit is ripe. What immediately impresses about the broad shouldered flavors is how fine they are which is not always the case with the typical Btard. This refinement only adds to the seductive palate feel of the extremely rich