Terrific from start to finish, this white starts out with lime blossom, apple, citronella and mineral aromas and flavors. Creamy yet fluid, intense yet airy, with harmony and a long aftertaste of citrus and stone. Best from 2016 through 2026. 594 cases imported. –BS

Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. The Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Clavoillon 2011 from Anne-Claude Laflaive has convincing pedigree on the nose: fine minerality here and impressive delineation, touches of slate unfurling in the glass. The palate has a slightly honeyed entry and it is more exotic than the nose suggests with hints of orange rind and sour lemon dovetailing into lively chalky textured finish. This has great potential, so I would cellar for 2 or 3 years if you can resist. - Neal Martin

The 2011 Clavoillon from Domaine Leflaive was still in tank in early April and was showing superb potential. The very expressive and floral nose this year wafts from the glass in a blend of lemon, a touch of grapefruit, apple, impressive minerality, a potpourri of spring flowers and a discreet base of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish, long and intensely flavored, with racy acids, excellent focus and grip, a good core and impressive mineral drive on the long and vibrant finish. The complex minerality that has emerged in this cuvée since the parcel was completely converted to biodynamique farming a decade ago is really remarkable, as old timers such as myself never would have imagined it could be so expressive in this wine, when viewed through the prism of the vintages of the 1980s and early 1990s Clavoillon! A beautiful wine in the making.

A markedly floral and distinctly riper nose displays notes of white peach, apricot and pain grillé trimmed in pretty citrus notes. There is good concentration to the sappy and mouth coating medium-bodied flavors where there is a real sense of volume and dry extract. The 2011 version is a relatively powerful wine and is really quite good.