Nose is a touch muddled at first, much in the style of a Meo Camuzet, but eventually opens into a more expressive floral and spiced black fruit bouquet. Dark, black berry and black cherry, cleaning up and becoming more floral and elegant. Palate is darker too, but juicy and powerful. Some oak polish hanging on. Overall I’d still say elegant, if up and down and dark and stormy at times. All of the blind guesses focused on Vosne as there is plenty of spice character. Good.
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Her wines blow my socks off. Beautifully balanced with all in harmony. Still lots of time left. Slightly bricky color starting to appear, but nothing alarming.
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PnP. This bottle was clearly past peak but still enjoyable. Deep red with some cedar and cinnamon. Medium bodied and showing some signs of age as the structure was a little thin.
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the fruit is torrid but not balanced, there is not meshing between the strong acid structure and the fruit so this ends unsatisfying. The finish is really where things fall apart as it shows real blah - that is a technical term for those who don't recognize it. Fortunately, this was my last bottle.
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I was really excited to try this after an incredible experience with the 2001 a few months back. Unfortunately it isn't nearly as compelling as the '01. This is very dense and sweet to the point where it really doesn't show much else. It's nicely resolved with the structure melted away and the flavors deeper than primary fruit despite the up-front sweetness, but it needs more to it than this to hold my interest. After awhile it shed some of its sweetness and gloss and you got more dimension out of it, but the flavors were still too simple by the standards of what Leroy's gotten out of this cru in other years.
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(at Veritas – NYC) True ruby...color holding throughout. Gorgeous nose of black cherry, flowers and spice...just terrific. Velvet mouthfeel. Lush, Integrated, mature deep and complex. Memorable. (95)
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Fantastic wine. Layered, long and captivating. A nose of soaring complexity that beautifully marries mature red pinot fruit with earth and grape stems. A regal wine that has weight but no heaviness. A complete wine that is drinking perfectly right now. (93)
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Beautiful dark NSG fruits, cinnamon, and sauvage earth and spices on the nose. Deep core of dark fruit with a silky, round mouthfeel with persistent tannins on the finish. This is drinking well now but will hold for a long time.
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I had a delightful bottle of the 1992 Boudots last year, so I had high hopes for this one. As expected, the '91 was much less mature - really it was quite youthful (deep ruby red) - but it is drinking beautifully now and we certainly did not waste a bottle by opening it tonight. Certainly some secondary nuances have emerged, and the whole wine was marvellously complex, with hints of mint, pine needles, cinnamon, black earth, dried rose petals, and other fleeting flavors that I can no longer remember. I found it to be satisfyingly deep and rich, yet elegant and well-balanced, with a mesmerizingly long finish. I think this will hit its peak in a few more years, but it gave great pleasure tonight.
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5/19/2023 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 93 Points
Nose is a touch muddled at first, much in the style of a Meo Camuzet, but eventually opens into a more expressive floral and spiced black fruit bouquet. Dark, black berry and black cherry, cleaning up and becoming more floral and elegant. Palate is darker too, but juicy and powerful. Some oak polish hanging on. Overall I’d still say elegant, if up and down and dark and stormy at times. All of the blind guesses focused on Vosne as there is plenty of spice character. Good.
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2/1/2019 - hprphf Likes this wine: 95 Points
Acker 2019/02 (Vaucluse): 1438/2630. Red fruit, cherry, sea, grilled meat, fresh floral. The smoothness, perfume and texture…just lovely. 95
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12/31/2017 - Edclr Likes this wine: 94 Points
Magnificent! Still lots of life remaining
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2/25/2012 - Edclr wrote: 93 Points
Her wines blow my socks off. Beautifully balanced with all in harmony. Still lots of time left. Slightly bricky color starting to appear, but nothing alarming.
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5/15/2011 - plitton wrote: 90 Points
PnP. This bottle was clearly past peak but still enjoyable. Deep red with some cedar and cinnamon. Medium bodied and showing some signs of age as the structure was a little thin.
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4/19/2011 - lepetitchateau wrote: 90 Points
the fruit is torrid but not balanced, there is not meshing between the strong acid structure and the fruit so this ends unsatisfying. The finish is really where things fall apart as it shows real blah - that is a technical term for those who don't recognize it. Fortunately, this was my last bottle.
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8/19/2009 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 90 Points
I was really excited to try this after an incredible experience with the 2001 a few months back. Unfortunately it isn't nearly as compelling as the '01. This is very dense and sweet to the point where it really doesn't show much else. It's nicely resolved with the structure melted away and the flavors deeper than primary fruit despite the up-front sweetness, but it needs more to it than this to hold my interest. After awhile it shed some of its sweetness and gloss and you got more dimension out of it, but the flavors were still too simple by the standards of what Leroy's gotten out of this cru in other years.
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5/19/2009 - dbkitc wrote: 95 Points
(at Veritas – NYC) True ruby...color holding throughout. Gorgeous nose of black cherry, flowers and spice...just terrific. Velvet mouthfeel. Lush, Integrated, mature deep and complex. Memorable. (95)
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1/18/2009 - dbkitc wrote: 93 Points
Fantastic wine. Layered, long and captivating. A nose of soaring complexity that beautifully marries mature red pinot fruit with earth and grape stems. A regal wine that has weight but no heaviness. A complete wine that is drinking perfectly right now. (93)
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3/8/2008 - ATBridge wrote:
Beautiful dark NSG fruits, cinnamon, and sauvage earth and spices on the nose.
Deep core of dark fruit with a silky, round mouthfeel with persistent tannins on the finish.
This is drinking well now but will hold for a long time.
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12/2/2004 - DChan wrote: 93 Points
I had a delightful bottle of the 1992 Boudots last year, so I had high hopes for this one. As expected, the '91 was much less mature - really it was quite youthful (deep ruby red) - but it is drinking beautifully now and we certainly did not waste a bottle by opening it tonight. Certainly some secondary nuances have emerged, and the whole wine was marvellously complex, with hints of mint, pine needles, cinnamon, black earth, dried rose petals, and other fleeting flavors that I can no longer remember. I found it to be satisfyingly deep and rich, yet elegant and well-balanced, with a mesmerizingly long finish. I think this will hit its peak in a few more years, but it gave great pleasure tonight.
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4/22/2001 - MikeATL wrote:
It impresses with its combination of grace and intensity. It still needs some time to come together, but it has a great future.
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