This plot, located on the southern flank of the CORTON hillside, in the "Charlemagne" climate, is planted with pinot noir and therefore cannot take the appellation CORTON CHARLEMAGNE reserved for white wine. This white terroir, of ocher clay marls, gives this wine great elegance, a lot of subtlety and complexity. The always harmonious tannins are ripe and...

Under the stewardship of the late Anne-Claude Leflaive, the domaine became a pioneer in biodynamic farming in Burgundy, with the entire property achieving conversion in 1997. The Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is produced from a single 1.15-hectare parcel planted in 1958. All fruit is manually harvested before fermentation in 25% new oak casks and...

Bâtard-Montrachet is a grand cru vineyard at the base of the Montrachet hill, across the communes of Chassagne and Puligny-Montrachet. Vincent Girardin is a highly regarded Burgundy domaine based in Meursault. It makes a wide range of wines from both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay although the latter predominates. Overt vanilla aromas tends to come with barrel...