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Olivier Leflaive Frères

As a négociant that focuses on forging durable relationships with some of the best winegrowers on the Côte de Beaune, Olivier Leflaive Frères bottles exemplary AC regional, village, Premiers Crus and Grands Crus. Along the Cote de Beaune -only 16 miles in length- Chardonnay achieves greatness equal to Pinot Noir grown just to the north. Leflaive’s holdings are centered around the villages of Puligny, Chassagne and Meursault with additional holdings throughout the Cote d’Or. Olivier Leflaive’s vocation is not just about making good wine. Maintaining a personalized and convivial relationship with his clients, taking the time to share the richness, diversity and sensitivity of the world of wine through a complete oeno-touristic immersion from vine to glass. The conviviality of enjoying a glass of wine amongst friends led Olivier to open Burgundy’s first table d’hôte enabling him to receive guests and to introduce them to some of the great wines of Burgundy through a tasting accompanied by regional specialties. He then opened a four-star hotel to allow guests to stay longer and to enjoy the full Burgundy experience.

History

Everything started in 1984 with a request from Frederick Wildman who was looking for wines from Meursault and Chassagne-Montrachet. The family estate had vines in neither appellation nor the capacity to vinify any more grapes. So Olivier created a winemaking business in his own name. His idea, unique in Burgundy, was to buy in grapes and must, vinify and age them according to the same methods used at the family estate and then sell them en primeur, or before bottling. He wasn’t alone in believing in this crazy project – several other people joined him in the adventure including his brother Patrick, who became co-owner. His uncle Vincent Leflaive also acted in an advisory capacity, introducing him to winegrowers. In 2010, Olivier and Patrick finally retrieve their family legacy in the form of some fabulous terroirs to include parcels in Chevalier- Montrachet Grand Cru, Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières and Meursault 1er Cru Blagny Sous le Dos d’Âne.

Current Portfolio

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Bâtard-Montrachet 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru - Récolte du Domaine
Bâtard-Montrachet 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru - Récolte du Domaine
Bâtard-Montrachet 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru - Récolte du Domaine
Montagny 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montagny 1er Cru Les Vignes sur Le Cloux
Volnay 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay
Volnay 2018 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay
Volnay 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay
Volnay 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay
Bourgogne Aligoté 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Aligoté
Montrachet Grand Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montrachet Grand Cru
Montrachet Grand Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montrachet Grand Cru
Santenay 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Santenay Rouge
Santenay 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Santenay Rouge
Santenay 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Santenay Rouge
Pommard 1er Cru 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pommard 1er Cru Chaponnières
Pommard 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pommard 1er Cru Chaponnières
Meursault 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Charmes
Bourgogne Aligoté 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Aligoté
Bourgogne Aligoté 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Aligoté
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot - Récolte du Domaine
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot - Récolte du Domaine
Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot - Récolte du Domaine
Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montrachet Grand Cru
Beaune 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Beaune Clos Des Monsnières Monopole
Meursault 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault Vireuils
Puligny-Montrachet 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet
Bourgogne Blanc 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Blanc Cuvée Oncle Vincent
Bâtard-Montrachet 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bâtard-Montrachet 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Champlots
Bâtard-Montrachet 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru
Bourgogne Rouge 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Margot
Meursault 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Le Porusot - Récolte du Domaine
Meursault 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Le Porusot - Récolte du Domaine
Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Fichots
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières
Bourgogne Rouge 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Margot
Bourgogne Rouge 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Rouge Cuvée Margot
Beaune 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Beaune Clos Des Monsnières Monopole
Beaune 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Beaune Clos Des Monsnières Monopole
Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru
Meursault 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault
Meursault 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault
Meursault 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault
Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru
Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières - Récolte du Domaine
2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montagny 1er Cru
Meursault 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Sous le Dos d'Âne - Récolte du Domaine
Meursault 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Sous le Dos d'Âne - Récolte du Domaine
Meursault 1er Cru 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Sous le Dos d'Âne - Récolte du Domaine
Meursault 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Meursault 1er Cru Sous le Dos d'Âne - Récolte du Domaine
2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montagny 1er Cru
2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montagny 1er Cru
2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Montagny 1er Cru
Auxey-Duresses 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Auxey-Duresses
Auxey-Duresses 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Auxey-Duresses
Auxey-Duresses 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Auxey-Duresses
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
Saint-Aubin 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières - Récolte du Domaine
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Folatières - Récolte du Domaine
Chassagne-Montrachet 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet Les Pierres
Bourgogne Blanc 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Blanc Les Sétilles
Chassagne-Montrachet 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet Houillères
Santenay 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Santenay
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Puligny-Montrachet 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles - Récolte du Domaine
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles - Récolte du Domaine
Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Pucelles - Récolte du Domaine
Puligny-Montrachet 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Puligny-Montrachet
Volnay 1er Cru 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles
Pommard 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pommard
Pommard 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pommard
Pommard 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pommard
Chassagne-Montrachet 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet
Chassagne-Montrachet 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Chassagne-Montrachet
Volnay 1er Cru 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles
Volnay 1er Cru 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Volnay 1er Cru Clos des Angles
Bourgogne Blanc 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Bourgogne Blanc Les Sétilles
Pernand-Vergelesses 2020 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pernand-Vergelesses
Pernand-Vergelesses 2019 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pernand-Vergelesses
Pernand-Vergelesses 2022 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pernand-Vergelesses
Pernand-Vergelesses 2021 Olivier Leflaive Frères Pernand-Vergelesses

Farming Practices

Agriculture

Growing vines evolves over months, the team in charge of the vineyard must adapt, nature dictates its rules. Respectful of their terroirs, the teams seek to impact the vineyard as little as possible. Each gesture, each action is designed to be the most effective and the least damaging to nature. For all of these respectful practices that respect the terroir and its reasoned vineyard management, the Olivier Leflaive vineyard has been awarded High Environmental Value certification at level 3.

Technical Director

Solène Panigai

Born in Reims (Champagne area), in 1997, she comes from a family of 4 children and was immersed in the world of agronomy from a very early age, with two parents who were engineers and a father who was involved in the world of Champagne. After her baccalaureate, she left Champagne and attended two years of classes préparatoires aux grandes écoles in Paris before entering the agricultural engineering school in Montpellier. At the end of her studies, she obtained a double degree in agronomy and oenology in 2020. During her three years in Montpellier, she completed a six-month internship in Oregon, where she took up winemaking. She continued her experience by carrying out vinifications at Château Margaux in Bordeaux, on the Côte Basque, then at Louis Jadot in Burgundy. At the same time, she spent a few months at Fruitions Sciences in Montpellier, working on solutions based on a detailed understanding of plants, aimed at helping farmers optimize their production in terms of quality and yield, while adopting innovative techniques and adapting to climate change. Her final year internship took her to the Bureau Interprofessionnel des Vins de Bourgogne (BIVB) in the spring of 2020, where she conducted a study on the risk of premature oxidation of Burgundy white wines. Following this thesis, she was hired to work on oenological issues related to the challenges of climate change. After two years with the company, she joined Maison Olivier Leflaive in August 2022 as Technical Director, where she worked alongside former cellar master Franck Grux for a year and a half, before taking over from him in January 2024.

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