--- title: "Olivier Leflaive: How to Visit and What to See" description: "Olivier Leflaive is a wine house in Puligny-Montrachet, one of the great white wine villages of Burgundy." url: https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/olivier-leflaive-puligny-montrachet lang: en updated: 2026-10-08 generated: 2026-10-08 image: https://www.cote-privee.com/og/things-to-do/olivier-leflaive-puligny-montrachet.png --- # Olivier Leflaive > Olivier Leflaive: a Puligny-Montrachet wine house founded in 1984, with sommelier-led tastings on the village square. Olivier Leflaive is in Puligny-Montrachet (Côte-d'Or), 18 min by road (14 km) from Beaune. Opening hours: 20 March to 19 December: Tuesday to Saturday, 15:30 to 17:00 · Admission: Adults €35 · Allow about 1 hour · Private driver from Beaune: €80 one way for the whole car, up to 4 guests. Olivier Leflaive is a wine house in Puligny-Montrachet, one of the great white wine villages of Burgundy. Olivier Leflaive founded it in 1984, and it now harvests about 100 hectares of vines. On the place du Monument, its sommeliers pour the wines for visitors, and the house also offers walks in the vines and visits of its cellars. ## Key facts - Type: Wine experiences - Where: Puligny-Montrachet · Côte-d'Or - Location: 11 km south-west of Beaune · Côte de Beaune - Coordinates: 46.9464, 4.7539 - 18 min from Beaune - Open 20 March to 19 December - Allow about 1 hour - Official website: [hotel.olivier-leflaive.com](https://hotel.olivier-leflaive.com/oenotourisme/) - From Beaune: ≈ 18 min · 14 km - €80 one way from Beaune with a [private driver](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver) - Or add it to our [half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day). ## Getting there - [Private driver from Beaune](https://www.cote-privee.com/private-driver): 18 min by road (14 km), €80 one way for the whole car. Coming by train or plane? [Transfers from stations and airports](https://www.cote-privee.com/transfers) Estimates per vehicle for up to 4 guests, tolls included. Your price is confirmed when you book. ## History The Leflaive family has made wine in Puligny-Montrachet for generations, and the house counts Olivier as the 18th. In 1984 he set up his own business to make and age wines, buying grapes as well as growing them. His brother Patrick joined him, and later his daughter Julie, to whom he handed over in 2020. The house harvests about 100 hectares of vines, 26 of them its own, spread over 82 climats. They include the grands crus Bâtard-Montrachet, Chevalier-Montrachet and Montrachet. The grapes are picked by hand and the wines aged in oak barrels. The house was also among the pioneers of wine tourism in Burgundy: its tasting table drew visitors to Puligny years before it opened a hotel on the same square. ## What you will see Tastings take place at the house's bar on the place du Monument, led by a sommelier. Three wines cost €35 per person and seven wines €95, and you can add a board of charcuterie and cheese. A sommelier also leads a walk through the vines from Tuesday to Saturday at 9:30 (€35), explaining the climats, the soils and the work of the grower. On Friday and Saturday at 11:00, a cellar visit (€20, without tasting) shows where the grands crus age in barrel. ## Opening hours and tickets - Opening hours: 20 March to 19 December: Tuesday to Saturday, 15:30 to 17:00 - Admission: Adults €35 - Booking: Recommended Checked on 8 October 2026 on [the official site](https://hotel.olivier-leflaive.com/oenotourisme/). ## Planning your visit Allow about an hour for a tasting. Tastings run from Tuesday to Saturday between 15:30 and 17:00, from late March to mid-December, and are booked ahead by phone or through the house's website. The house stands on the main square of Puligny-Montrachet, a short walk from the Château de Puligny-Montrachet. ## Did you know? The family has carried its Burgundy know-how north to Champagne, where it makes a sparkling wine under the name Valentin Leflaive. ## Around Olivier Leflaive What to combine with Olivier Leflaive on the same day, nearest first. ### Villages - [Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/puligny-montrachet) (1 km away): Home of Montrachet and three more grands crus, Puligny makes some of the world's most admired white wines. - [Blagny](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/blagny) (2 km away): A tiny hilltop hamlet between Meursault and Puligny, with a rare red appellation and celebrated white premiers crus. - [Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/villages/chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): Montrachet's southern neighbour, a village of great whites, serious reds and pale stone quarries. ### Châteaux - [Château de Puligny-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-puligny-montrachet) (1 km away): A 17th-century château with its own walled vines in the white wine village of Puligny. - [Château de Chassagne-Montrachet](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): Great 14th-century vaulted cellars under a wine château in the heart of Chassagne-Montrachet. - [Château de la Maltroye](https://www.cote-privee.com/chateaux/chateau-de-la-maltroye) (2 km away): An 18th-century family wine house at the top of Chassagne, with a diamond-patterned tile roof. ### Things to do - [Domaine Bader-Mimeur](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-bader-mimeur-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away): A family estate that has farmed almost all the historic vines of the Château de Chassagne-Montrachet since 1919. - [Domaine Boyer-Martenot](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/domaine-boyer-martenot-meursault) (4 km away): A Meursault family estate since 1917, with a tasting cellar open on weekdays, with or without an appointment. - [Église Saint-Nicolas de Meursault](https://www.cote-privee.com/things-to-do/eglise-saint-nicolas-meursault) (4 km away): Meursault's Gothic church, whose 57-metre stone spire rises above the village and its vineyards. ### Restaurants - [Ed.Em](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/ed-em-chassagne-montrachet) (2 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): A starred couple's table in the heart of Montrachet country, with 600 wines to match - [Maison Lameloise](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/maison-lameloise-chagny) (4 km away · 3 MICHELIN stars): Burgundy's only three-star table, in a former coaching inn twenty minutes south of Beaune. - [Auprès du Clocher](https://www.cote-privee.com/restaurants/aupres-du-clocher-pommard) (8 km away · 1 MICHELIN star): Pommard's newly starred table, where the butcher's son cooks beside the church ### Events - **Usually the last weekend of May, Saturday evening and Sunday** · [Montrachet Jazz](https://www.cote-privee.com/events/montrachet-jazz): Jazz and great white Burgundy in Puligny-Montrachet at the end of May. (Music · Puligny-Montrachet) ## Questions about Olivier Leflaive ### How far is Olivier Leflaive from Beaune? Olivier Leflaive is about 18 min from Beaune by road (14 km). With a private driver, the trip from Beaune starts at €80 for the whole car, up to 4 guests. ### How long does a visit to Olivier Leflaive take? For the visit, allow about 1 hour. ### When is Olivier Leflaive open? Opening days and times change during the year, so check the official website (hotel.olivier-leflaive.com) before you go. Your driver can plan the day around them. ### Can a private driver take us to Olivier Leflaive? Yes. Your driver collects you in Beaune or at your hotel in an electric Polestar 2 (up to 4 guests), waits while you visit and plans the rest of the day with you. The driver speaks English, French, Mandarin Chinese and Arabic. → [Half-day wine tour, €290](https://www.cote-privee.com/wine-tours/half-day) ## Book - [Book a driver here](https://www.cote-privee.com/book?service=driver&place=sight:olivierleflaive): €80 one way from Beaune · up to 4 guests ## Sources - - - - - - --- Canonical page: