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DOMAINE LEROY
Domaine Leroy is the creation of one of the most determined, dynamic
and passionate Burgundians, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy. For many years
co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, she created her own
Domaine from 1988, with purchases of Richebourg, Chambertin,
Romanée-Saint-Vivant and a further 50 acres of Burgundy's greatest
terroirs.
She rapidly pioneered cultivating her vineyards organically and
bio-dynamically. She championed low yields and a ruthless pursuit of
the highest quality. American wine lovers were the first to recognise and embrace her wines, and the greatest of her bottlings have consistently come to the finest collections in the USA.
The wines come from some of Burgundy's rarest, greatest localities.
They have saturated, purple-garnet colours in youth, and are striking
for the crystal clarity of their expression of Pinot Noir aromas. Red fruits mingle with spiciness, clean earth, forest floor, liquorice - in tumbling complexities, as the wines evolve with bottle-age. On the palate, there is structure without excess, dense fruit, purity of
expression, subtle management of tannins and extraordinary length of
flavour.
From a standing start a mere 15 years ago, this Domaine was immediately able to command prices alongside the most legendary of Burgundy's bottlings. The consistency of Madame Bize-Leroy's wine-making throughout this recent, Golden Decade for Burgundy has been exceptional.
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LA ROMANÉE, LEROY 1953
The La Romanée vineyard is often expressed in hushed tones even among Burgundy enthusiasts. It is the smallest of the Grands Crus at .8452 ha, as well as being the smallest appelation in France; the production averaging about 300 cases.
As Allen Meadows wrote in the 14th issue of Burghound, after an expansive vertical tasting of La Romanée encompasing 1915-2002 (at which Richard Brierley was also present): "La Romanée requires time, lots of time, to fully express the genius of which it is so clearly capable. While it is of course true that all of the very best Burgundies require time, La Romanée requires 20 years or more to really be at its best."
Both the La Romanée and Grands-Echézeaux lots below were part of a recent release from the domaine and shipped under perfect conditions to a temperature and humidity controlled cellar.
La Romanée--Vintage 1953
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Pristine
In original wooden case
1 dozen bottles per lot
Domaine Leroy is the creation of one of the most determined, dynamic
and passionate Burgundians, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy. For many years
co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, she created her own
Domaine from 1988, with purchases of Richebourg, Chambertin,
Romanée-Saint-Vivant and a further 50 acres of Burgundy's greatest
terroirs.
She rapidly pioneered cultivating her vineyards organically and
bio-dynamically. She championed low yields and a ruthless pursuit of
the highest quality. American wine lovers were the first to recognise and embrace her wines, and the greatest of her bottlings have consistently come to the finest collections in the USA.
The wines come from some of Burgundy's rarest, greatest localities.
They have saturated, purple-garnet colours in youth, and are striking
for the crystal clarity of their expression of Pinot Noir aromas. Red fruits mingle with spiciness, clean earth, forest floor, liquorice - in tumbling complexities, as the wines evolve with bottle-age. On the palate, there is structure without excess, dense fruit, purity of
expression, subtle management of tannins and extraordinary length of
flavour.
From a standing start a mere 15 years ago, this Domaine was immediately able to command prices alongside the most legendary of Burgundy's bottlings. The consistency of Madame Bize-Leroy's wine-making throughout this recent, Golden Decade for Burgundy has been exceptional.
AH
LA ROMANÉE, LEROY 1953
The La Romanée vineyard is often expressed in hushed tones even among Burgundy enthusiasts. It is the smallest of the Grands Crus at .8452 ha, as well as being the smallest appelation in France; the production averaging about 300 cases.
As Allen Meadows wrote in the 14th issue of Burghound, after an expansive vertical tasting of La Romanée encompasing 1915-2002 (at which Richard Brierley was also present): "La Romanée requires time, lots of time, to fully express the genius of which it is so clearly capable. While it is of course true that all of the very best Burgundies require time, La Romanée requires 20 years or more to really be at its best."
Both the La Romanée and Grands-Echézeaux lots below were part of a recent release from the domaine and shipped under perfect conditions to a temperature and humidity controlled cellar.
La Romanée--Vintage 1953
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Pristine
In original wooden case
1 dozen bottles per lot