The Winery Olivier Leflaive of Burgundy

Winery Olivier Leflaive - Aloxe-Corton
The winery offers 125 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 59 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Burgundy
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The Winery Olivier Leflaive is one of the world's great estates. It offers 125 wines for sale in of Burgundy to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Olivier Leflaive wines

Looking for the best Winery Olivier Leflaive wines in Burgundy among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Olivier Leflaive wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Olivier Leflaive wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive

How Winery Olivier Leflaive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fondue bourguignonne and accompanying sauces, roast veal orloff with mushrooms or venison leg in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

On the nose the red wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, lemon or cheese and sometimes also flavors of grass, vegetal or tree fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

  • 2002With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2004With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.85/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Burgundy

Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.

Unlike Burgundy's village appellations, which specialize in red or white wines or a combination of both, Burgundy covers red, white and rosé wines, and even Sparkling wines as in the case of Crémant de Bourgogne and Bourgogne Mousseux. Each Burgundy appellation may be followed by the Color of the wine (white, red or rosé), as appropriate, and if not already implied by the appellation itself. Red Burgundy is produced almost exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes and is Distinguished from White Burgundy, which is produced from white grapes (mainly Chardonnay). A key difference between Burgundy wines and those produced under the Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru appellations is that the grape variety used in the wine can be indicated on the label.

This has contributed to the perception and marketing of Burgundy wines in foreign markets, where a Burgundy Pinot Noir or a Burgundy Chardonnay is much easier to sell. To accommodate the different styles of wine produced in Burgundy, there are six key Burgundy appellations: Burgundy itself, Burgundy Aligoté (limited to the named white grape variety with other regulations distinguishing it from the generic regional appellation), "Bourgogne Mousseux", "Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire", Bourgogne Passe-tout and Crémant de Bourgogne. There are even two appellations dedicated to the region's brandies: Eau-de-vie de Vin de Bourgogne and Eau-de-vie de Marc de Bourgogne. Some of the above appellations may be suffixed with the name of the sub-region, village or vineyard where the grapes were grown.

The top white wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive

How Winery Olivier Leflaive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), salmon carpaccio with pink berries and shallots or aïoli.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

On the nose the white wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive. often reveals types of flavors of cream, lemon zest or banana and sometimes also flavors of roasted almonds, yeast or elderflower. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

  • 1998With an average score of 5.00/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.57/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.24/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

The top pink wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Olivier Leflaive

How Winery Olivier Leflaive wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, salted lentils or duck breast with apples.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive

  • 2010With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Olivier Leflaive.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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The word of the wine: Musky

Characteristic of the musk smell.