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1 dozen bottles per lot
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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.
A.H.
La Romanée--Vintage 1953
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Levels: 2cm or better
In original wooden case
The La Romanée vineyard is often expressed in hushed tones even among Burgundy enthusiasts. It is the smallest of the Grand 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 Romanee encompasing 1915-2002, "La Romanee 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."
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.
A.H.
La Romanée--Vintage 1953
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Levels: 2cm or better
In original wooden case
The La Romanée vineyard is often expressed in hushed tones even among Burgundy enthusiasts. It is the smallest of the Grand 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 Romanee encompasing 1915-2002, "La Romanee 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."
1 dozen bottles per lot