Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet other_regions_italy offering impressively concentrated and sharply

offering impressively concentrated and sharply delineated flavors of sappy red fruits

ample Barolo shows off its personality

layered and with a tantalizing nuttiness

earth and black cherry

An impressively complex nose offers up aromas of rose petals

Domaine Leflaive, Batard Montrachet other_regions_italy offering impressively concentrated and sharply(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