2017 Mâcon-Verzé, Le Monté, Domaine Leflaive, Burgundy

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2017 Mâcon-Verzé, Le Monté, Domaine Leflaive, BurgundyAnother new lieu dit bottling is the 2017 Mcon Verz Le Mont, which derives from a vineyard located above the hamlet of Escolles on a plateau rich in flint, and fully one third of which was fermented and raised in wood. Unfurling in the glass with scents of pear, pastry cream, smoky and toasted nuts, it's medium to full bodied, with a broader attack and a more saline finish than the Chnes, though it shares the incisiveness that distinguishes all of

which generally produced lighter

One to linger over

Much riper fruit and drier tannins

with racy acids and a searingly chalky finish

This is one of the firmer and denser wines in the range

The palate gives sensational tarry richness as it swells with burnt treacle and smokiness

Inky plum in colour

the 2003 Château Montrose is based on 62% Cabernet Sauvignon

The 2013 Le Desir represents 2

Extremely Cabernet dominant

Brooding depths

prices have remained very reasonable