2024 brought clarity and tension to the vineyard
producing wines that were intense and fruity but less structured than the finest years
Where much of Rías Baixas works fast and industrially
where the Hundsruck vineyard's weathered red sandstone gives Spatburgunder real spice and grip
Domaine Belle is a small Northern Rhône estate run by Philippe Belle
Olivier Leflaive, Oncle Vincent, 2024 wholesale-only 2024 brought clarity and tensionA Bourgogne Blanc drawn from eight parcels of old Chardonnay vines, all of them on Puligny Montrachet terroir, planted in calcareous clay and silty clay. It is named for Vincent Leflaive, Olivier's uncle, who built Domaine Leflaive's reputation and died in 1993. The grapes are hand picked and whole cluster pressed, both fermentations happen in oak, and the wine spends 15 months in cellar, five of them in stainless steel and the rest in barrel with 15%