2009 Domaine Leflaive Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles Premier Cru 1×1.5L

Vinous 93

Medium yellow. Ripe stone fruit and honey on the nose. Fat and sweet but not quite as large-scaled as the Combettes, showing stone fruit and spice flavors. Best today on the insidiously long finish, which really saturates the palate with flavor. Plenty of verve here; still, I’d serve most of these 2009s a bit cooler than usual. [Stephen Tanzer, 01/09/2011]

Robert Parker 96

Tasted out of stainless-steel tank at the Domaine. The Pucelles has an engaging, understated bouquet that reluctantly opens up in the glass to offer limestone, white peach, pear and a touch of spice. Something earthy and primal about this wine. The palate is irresistible, deceptively understated on the entry but building tremendously towards a powerful, spicy, mineral-rich finish with enormous length. The tongue is still tingling a minute after the wine has departed. Wonderful. Tasted January 2011. [01/01/2011]