Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Decanter
One of two Montagny premiers crus in the Olivier Leflaive range - the other one is a cuvée of three sites that includes 60% from Les Bonneveaux - this is a ripe, appealingly hedonistic style with notes of honey and fennel joined by aromatics from 15% new oak.
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James Suckling
Lots of ripe fruit and cooked apples with hints of toasted oak. Full bodied and a round, soft texture. Hints of vanilla and cream with the fruit. Ready. Drink now.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
One of the top appellations for white Burgundy from the Cote Chalonnaise, Montagny is comprised of large number of Premiers Crus vineyards. Its wines (made of Chardonnay) tend to have a finesse and body not found elsewhere in the Cote Chalonnaise.