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Maison Olivier Leflaive 2011 Chablis "Fourchaume" 1er Cru - $52.90
"The nose speaks clearly that one is drinking Chablis with its notes of iodine, mineral reduction and sea breeze adding character to the white flower and pear aromas. There is a really lovely mouth feel to the energetic, clean and mineral-inflected flavors that terminate in a dry and crisp finish."
- The Burghound, Issue 51 90 points
Maison Olivier Leflaive 2011 Chassagne-Montrachet - $74.90
"A pungent nose of resin, citrus rind, herbal tea and apricot leads to round, delicious and reasonably well-detailed middle weight flavors that possess a clean, dry and punch finish that offers correct depth and length."
- The Burghound, Issue 51 87 points
Maison Olivier Leflaive 2011 Meursault "Narvaux" - $74.90
"A deft touch of wood frames airy and cool floral, extract of pear and wet stone nuances. There is a beguiling textured to the much more mineral-inflected middle weight flavors that possess fine focus and detail on the delicious, complex, intense and lingering finish. Lovely."
- The Burghound, Issue 51 88-91 points
Maison Olivier Leflaive 2011 Meursault "Charmes" 1er Cru - $109.90
"At present strong sulfur aromas dominate the nose and render it difficult to assess. There is a generous and expansive mouth feel to the attractively precise and intense flavors that possess good mid-palate density as well as a discreet minerality on the notably dry but not especially austere finish. This is very good and the nose should clean up with no difficulty."
- The Burghound, Issue 51 90-92 points
Maison Olivier 2010 Meursault "Poruzots" 1er Cru - $109.90
"A background hint of wood toast serves as a backdrop to green fruit, fresh pear and a floral nuance that gives way to detailed, intense and mouth coating medium-bodied flavors that display a taut muscularity and good power on the dry, clean, balanced and attractively lingering finish. There is an ample amount of dry extract that buffers the moderately firm acid spine that adds the necessary shape and focus."
- The Burghound, Issue 47 89-92 points
Maison Olivier Leflaive 2010 Puligny-Montrachet "Champ Gain" 1er Cru - $109.90
"This is not quite as ripe as the Referts though it's close as the peach, apricot and floral aromas are very much in keeping with the succulent, rich, round and very generous flavors that possess good mid-palate volume as the dry extract really coats the palate. There is solid precision to the delicious and sneaky long finish. This really builds from the mid-palate and I like the overall sense of harmony."
- The Burghound, Issue 47 90-92 points
Maison Olivier Leflaive 2011 Pulingy-Montrachet "Les Pucelles" 1er Cru - $169.90
"A distinctly spicy nose also offers up notes of honeysuckle, citrus and white-fleshed orchard fruit aromas. There is a really lovely and refined texture to the silky medium weight flavors that are really quite delicious but lack just a bit of the verve displayed by the Folatières and not quite the same fine depth either. Still, this is very good and very Pucelles in character."
- The Burghound, Issue 51 90 points
Domaine Olivier Leflaive 2010 Bâtard-Montrachet - $384.90
"An admirably cool yet distinctly ripe nose offers up notes of white peach, pear and dried rose petal that are followed by impressively-scaled rich, full, powerful and palate staining broad-shouldered flavors that brim with dry extract. Despite the outsized concentration and weight, the sappy and long, linear and very dry finish remains light on its feet with absolutely no sense of ponderousness. In a word, stunning."
- The Burghound, Issue 47 93-95 points
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The Leflaive family has been rooted in Puligny Montrachet since 1717. In 1984 Olivier Leflaive launched his own company Olivier Leflaive Frères with the help of his uncle Vincent and his brother Patrick. He quickly established his own reputation amongst Burgundy's finest négociants. In 1988 Franck Grux took over as a winemaker and still holds this role today. Over the next two decades he was able to establish strong, long-term relationships with the best growers and the quality of the wines is outstanding. Olivier Leflaive Frères is known today as a small négociant of high quality with a focus on the whites from the famous villages of Puligny, Chassagne and Meursault. Olivier Leflaive is continuously expanding and since 2010 he has acquired access to some of the familiar vineyard holdings and the Domaine Olivier Leflaive wines are now crafted from these plots. The entire philosophy of Olivier Leflaive has always been to produce simply great wines, starting from vines with great grapes. Olivier, Franck and their team are lucky to have very strong relationships with some of the best winegrowers on the Côte, people who grow their wines with care and attention. Although the quality of the harvest is key, vinification and ageing also play a major role in bringing out the essence of each appellation. Franck Grux and his team make it their daily task to ensure the quality of the wines and respect for the terroir. As such, the maison's approach is to treat each cuvee individually. 
