Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet Pucelles 2012

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2012 tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Pucelles from Anne-Claude Leflaive has an outstanding bouquet: very well defined, surfeit of mineralité with flinty, smoky notes developing after. There is real intensity and focus here. The palate is clean and fresh, almost clinical, with hints of lime cordial and citrus fruit, a dash of spice on the finish that is long and penetrating. This has a long future ahead - the best showing of Leflaive's 2012s in this blind tasting.