puligny montrachet c te de beaune burgundy . the domaine is very highly regarded for its white wines 1 and its vineyard holdings include 5.1 hectares 13 acres of grand cru vineyards . contents 1 history 2 wines 3 judgment of paris and other wine competitions 4 references 5 external links history edit the earliests roots of the domaine goes back to 1717 and a claude leflaive in puligny montrachet . the domaine of today more directly goes back to joseph leflaive 1870 1953 who was a native of puligny montrachet but who had initially pursued a career as a naval engineer having managed a factory in st etienne and been involved in the construction of the first french submarine . in 1905 when burgundy had not yet recovered from the effect of the phylloxera epidemic which meant that vineyards were for sale at a very low price leflaive was able to buy 25 hectares 62 acres for his domaine . 1 in 1920 leflaive started a programme of replantation with better adapted root stock and progressively started to sell wine under his own label rather than to n gociants . 2 after the death of joseph leflaive in 1953 the domaine was managed by joseph s sons vincent leflaive and jo leflaive and it was during this time that its reputation as a top burgundy producer was built up . in 1973 the domaine was given a company structure to avoid splitting it up with subsequent inheritance . in 1990 vincent s daughter anne claude leflaive and her cousin olivier leflaive took over the running of the domain . because olivier leflaive was also running a n gociant business in 1994 anne claude leflaive took over the running of the domain on her own following a decision of the various family members who collectively own the domaine . in 1997 anne claude took the decision to convert the domain to biodynamic winemaking . 1 domaine leflaive and olivier leflaive s n gociant business are completely separate entities . wines edit domaine leflaive produces wines from the following vineyard holdings 3 grand cru wine montrachet 0.0821 hectares 0.203 acres chevalier montrachet 1.99 hectares 4.9 acres b tard montrachet 1.91 hectares 4.7 acres bienvenues b tard montrachet 1.15 hectares 2.8 acres premier cru wine puligny montrachet les pucelles folati res les combettes le clavoillon meursault sous le dos d ne village wine puligny montrachet 7 climats totalling 4.64 hectares 11.5 acres regional wine bourgogne blanc 2 parcels totalling 3.24 hectares 8.0 acres judgment of paris and other wine competitions edit domaine leflaive s puligny montrachet premier cru wine les pucelles competed in the historic judgment of paris ranking number eight among the ten french and california wines evaluated . it also competed in the great chardonnay showdown and the grand european jury wine tasting of 1997 . the small vineyard les pucelles is planted on well drained limestone and chalky soil . like most white burgundy wine it is made entirely from the chardonnay grape . references edit a b c wine anorak the wines of domaine leflaive puligny montrachet burgundy domaine leflaive history accessed on october 30 2009 domaine leflaive wines accessed on october 30 2009 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title domaine leflaive & oldid 741409020 categories burgundy historical region wine producershidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 27 september 2016 at 09 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view