Puligny Montrachet Clavoillon Domaine Leflaive 2017 (750ML)

91-93 Points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate: "The 2017 Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon is excellent, and a clear step up over the Puligny Village, something that can't be taken for granted. Offering up aromas of lemon, beeswax, white flowers and blanched almonds, the wine is medium to full-bodied, satiny and nicely concentrated, with tangy acids, chewy extract and a long, precise finish. It's promisingly tight-knit and should develop further before it's bottled." 1/19

90-92 Points, Stephen Tanzer, Vinous: "(the 2017 premier crus are aging in about 20% new oak): Aromas of peach, vanilla and spicy oak are lifted by stony energy. Precise and clean, showing lovely density without any impression of weight. A strong peach flavor is accented by a touch of minerality on the subtly long back end." 09/18

93 Points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar: "The 2017 Clavoillon is another outstanding wine in the domaine's cellars this year. The bouquet is elegant and superb, jumping from the glass in a constellation of white peach, apple, lemon zest, complex, chalky minerality, white lilies and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, refined and rock solid at the core, with excellent balance and grip, bright, zesty acids and a long, complex and vibrant finish. Terrific wine. 2023-2060+" 12/18

95 Points, Tim Atkin, Decanter: "Domaine Leflaive was among the earlier pickers in Puligny in 2017 and it shows in the tautness and balance of wines like this one. Tight and chiselled, with well-integrated 20% new wood, this is all citrus fruit and lemongrass with a racy, tapering finish. Drinking Window 2021 - 2029." 10/18