White Burgundy Tasting Featuring Wines From Olivier Leflaive and Francois Carillon

We tasted a series of wonderful white wines recently at an event held by Corney & Barrow. Unfortunately no photos were taken so all the better for this blog to serve as a permanent record of the wonderful wines tasted that evening!

Olivier Leflaive 2009 Meursault. This wine is one of my personal favourites in terms of price to quality  it is a superb daily drinking white which just so happens to be of outstanding quality. This has minerality, pleasant acidity and is well structured with citrus tones - it is fresh and Meursault of this level at its best. Price to quality: 19/20. Overall: 19/20.

Olivier Leflaive 2009 Puligny-Montrachet. Good wine - floral, smooth and leaves a good impression. Price to quality: 17/20. Overall 17/20.

Domaine Leflaive 2010 Macon-Verze. This was an outstanding wine - it has just about all the best things one would expect and desire from white Burgundy with the added bonus of being exceptionally well priced. It is yellow gold, has classic minerality and is well made. The tasting notes state that this will age well as well. It is a no brainer. Price to quality: 19/20. Overall 18/20.

Chassagne-Montrachet Clos Saint-Jean 1er Cru Domaine Francois Carillon 2010. This was a pleasant surprise and again passes my price to quality ratio with flying colours. It is pale gold, creamy, soft and smooth finish with a light and pleasant acidity to it. Wonderful. Price to quality 18/20. Overall 18/20.