Birthday Dinner with Wine Legends (Oriole): Black cherry, plum, and berry accompanied by a massive baking spicebox. Rich and opulent, yet this easily manages to seem wonderfully fresh for a ripe vintage wine at this age. Great now and for years to come. I could have easily mistake this for a Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru.
1990 Leroy’s .. Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts, Nuits Saint George Les Boudots, Pommard Les Vignots and Savigny Les Beaune Les Narbatons
(Bottle 3785/5518) Second time with this wonderful wine in two months. Double decanted at 4:00 alongside the SLB and what a contrast, clearly a tighter, darker, broodier wine. By 8:00 this started to show its sexy, plummy, earthy soul. Larger scaled and richer than the Narbatons and with more gravitas than the Vignots while a step behind Beaux Monts’ grand cru performance. If the Narbatons was a sexy, breathtaking blond, this was more a sultry exotic brunette.
Interesting to taste this side by side with her VR Beaux Monts since even though though Boudots is located in the northeast corner of NSG adjacent to Vosne Romanee far away from Vaucrains and LSG in the southwest She manages to capture the darker fruited essence of NSG.
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(Bottle 2706/5518) Paired with Leroy 1990 Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts.....
A treat to have these two side by side. The Beaux Monts was strikingly young, tight and packed with red fruit, Vosne spice. Fine tannins, impressive mid palate, lovely texture, balance and finish. The Boudots was more mature, with darker fruits and a touch of earthiness.
Hard to believe these are 30 year old premier crus
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Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2019 (The Brown Residence): Medium expressive nose displaying ripe roasted dark fruit of the 90 vintage, a hint of rose and earth. Excellent concentration, dense ripe black fruit, medium acidity, still a hint of tannins and a medium long finish. Although enjoyable, there is nothing special about the wine and absolutely not worth the current auction price.
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Dark-berry and rose petal. Like Burghound's note, it feels like a cab. 'rustic big bodied and robust flavor' Leroy perfume and stem character Oriental spice, gamey, meaty Excellent textured and good acidity
It was large in scale and well balanced like Grand Cru, but felt a little lack of focus. I still feel very young and a little bit rough.
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Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center with a light puce rim. The medium+ intensity nose showed toasty oak, cherries, black soil, and plums.
In the mouth, this wine was medium bodied with firm acidty, notable rounded tannin, and great richness. It tasted almost like an Italian wine at first in that it was so exotic, intense, and structured. However, it did develop nicely with air but never was able to shake the excess of toast.
I am not sure where this is going. However, it is abundantly clear from the CT tasting notes that this wine is not worth the money being offered for it at auction.
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Christmas dinner with roast Scottish Pheasant and Cumberland sauce. Amber rim; dark fruit; chocolate; lush and lingering. Drink now and for 5 more years.
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Served blind, I guessed '98 from the abundant sauvage. Fortunately plenty of fruit to balance. Enjoyable wine, suffered from palate fatigue by this point would like to try again sometime.
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Only one lieu-dit separated from La Tâche yet a distinctly more vegetal character evident with spicy aromas of cumin seed, green peppers and dried porcini. Surprisingly fresh tannins, acidity and minerality on the palate. Nose opened with burnt copper but settled to a lush bouquet of red berries, cherry liqueur and rose oil.
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Wine Lunch Before Christmas (Happ Inn - Northfield IL): Black cherry and berry with some faint red cherry hints. Lots and lots of spice with classic Leroy perfumed charm. Very rich opulent, and powerful while incredibly fresh for a 25+ yo wine. What a treat, thanks, Ken!
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Lovely nose of dried roses, cherry, some spice and a sweet note that came a across as confectioners sugar. Very perfumed. Bright and forward on the palate with excellent detail. Nice grip on the slightly dry finish.
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Burgundy dinner – 90 Krug, Raveneau, Leroy, M. Gibourg, Truchot, H Lignier and etc. (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): Jammy dark fruit driven nose, dark cherries, blackberry jelly, violet, noticeable Asian spices, ginseng and mint. Exceptional concentration as expected from the 90 Leroy, jammy dark fruit driven palate impression and noticeable structure. It is a bit monolithic despite showing a hint of vosne nose a la Asian spices. Perhaps still need more time. I think this is where my note may be helpful for those who wish to purchase mature Leroy. I would rather pay a bit more and try the Beaux Monts.
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Chicago Berserkerfest Dinner #2 (Sun Wah): Very large scaled black fruit aromas with robust spice. Mostly sweet black cherry, some red cherry hints, still vibrant and fresh on palate. A little monolithic today, but i expect more charm to emerge with more time in the cellar, given lots of supporting structure throughout.
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The combination of the vintage, the vineyard and the producer is a recipe for sucess. Powerful in Burgundian terms, earthy, with notes of black licorice and blackberry. Although the color was deep all the way to the rim, the slight dryness on the finish and totally integrated tannins makes me believe this wine is not only totally mature, but should be drunk sooner rather than later.
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Dark core with amber rim. Sous bois, mushrooms with spice on the nose. Nicely balanced. More tannic and rustic than the others. Lacked fruit on the palate
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More meaty and earthy than the rest of the lineup. SOme heme, and good depth and focus. Again, picking nits a bit thin and less complex than the rest of the lineup. Nonetheless outstanding in itself . 90 pts
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Signature leroy nose with lovely fruit and earth. Dense and luxurious in the mouth. Good balance between fruit and acidity. Still some detectable tanin. This wine has the stuffing to evole further. Agree with the others that this sings more of Leroy than NSG. However, I can bet you won't complain....
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Full color; dark to the edge. Mouthfilling and richly fruited. But no real sign of its Nuits St. George origin. No licorice, no earthiness, no minerals. Blackberry fruit. Almost indistinguishable from the '90 Leroy VR Les Beaux Monts we had alongside it. A very good drink, but not truly outstanding.
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Fat, sappy, plummy, mossy, fabulous wine that started off somewhat reticently out of the bottle, required a decant and kept evolving more and more power in the glass over 3-4 hours. Would have loved to taste it the next day but that just wasn't going happen. Had to hide my glass so I could save a little for after dinner. Kind of an "intellectual" wine in that it required your concentration and focus while drinking it.
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This NSG shows why the combination of Nuits, 1990 and Leroy is ideal. Huge in the mouth; enormously concentrated; sweet, lush, velvety. It's hard to detect this is a Nuits, so if that bothers you, stay away. But if you just want a mouthful of massive, perfectly ripe pinot noir, this is it.
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Nuits St.-Georges Dinner, Mostly Leroy (Blackbird - Chicago IL): Decanted for a couple of hours. Dark brooding fruit on nose and palate. Bigger and more dense than the Vignerondes, but not as accessible and enjoyable today. Very good spice shows its proximity to Vosne more than its NSG geography. Hold to at least 2010.
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Dinner at The Orchard with NYC Ebobbers (NYC): This one was a challenger for WOTN. Has that classic Leroy surmaturite on the nose. A plush, plummy, fat palate shows the vintage, but somehow it feels right and is not over the top. Great mouthfeel, as expected from Leroy. Fantastic wine.
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While still youthful, this full bodied beauty is a complete success from Madame Bize-Leroy. I think the character of the vintage goes well with the powerful house style. The exceptionally dark, almost inky, color presages a wine of great extract and flavor, primarily blackberries. Robust, but not too tannic. Not a trace of astringency. Well integrated oak adds additional interest. Not particularly earthy, so maybe not really site-specific, but this is a delicious drink now and for many years to come. No change in the glass for 4 hours. Delicious.
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I am rapidly becoming addicted to great Burgundy. From a financial standpoint, this is a very bad thing. But wines like this one make you forget about such mundane concerns. Towering aromas of chocolate, sweet plum, cherry, and a gamy edge soar from the glass, leaving me content to simply sniff it for a while. But it is well worth drinking, as the staggering intensity of the fruit carried me away, lightly slapping me with hints of leather and violets. A baby and still on its way up.
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3/24/2024 - BradE wrote:
Not a lot going on with this bottle. Good, no flaws, just hard to correlate it to reputation and price.
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7/22/2022 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Birthday Dinner with Wine Legends (Oriole): Black cherry, plum, and berry accompanied by a massive baking spicebox. Rich and opulent, yet this easily manages to seem wonderfully fresh for a ripe vintage wine at this age. Great now and for years to come. I could have easily mistake this for a Vosne-Romanée Grand Cru.
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10/3/2020 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
1990 Leroy’s .. Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts, Nuits Saint George Les Boudots, Pommard Les Vignots and Savigny Les Beaune Les Narbatons
(Bottle 3785/5518) Second time with this wonderful wine in two months. Double decanted at 4:00 alongside the SLB and what a contrast, clearly a tighter, darker, broodier wine. By 8:00 this started to show its sexy, plummy, earthy soul. Larger scaled and richer than the Narbatons and with more gravitas than the Vignots while a step behind Beaux Monts’ grand cru performance. If the Narbatons was a sexy, breathtaking blond, this was more a sultry exotic brunette.
Interesting to taste this side by side with her VR Beaux Monts since even though though Boudots is located in the northeast corner of NSG adjacent to Vosne Romanee far away from Vaucrains and LSG in the southwest She manages to capture the darker fruited essence of NSG.
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8/19/2020 - paul195 wrote: 94 Points
(Bottle 2706/5518) Paired with Leroy 1990 Vosne Romanee Beaux Monts.....
A treat to have these two side by side. The Beaux Monts was strikingly young, tight and packed with red fruit, Vosne spice. Fine tannins, impressive mid palate, lovely texture, balance and finish. The Boudots was more mature, with darker fruits and a touch of earthiness.
Hard to believe these are 30 year old premier crus
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2/3/2019 - Keith Levenberg Does not like this wine:
2nd Annual Sommelier Appreciation Dinner (Undisclosed Location): Some raisining here. Either not a good bottle or not a good wine. (Did the fruit get roasted in the cellar or the vineyard?)
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2/3/2019 - dcwino wrote: 92 Points
Sommelier Appreciation Dinner 2019 (The Brown Residence): Medium expressive nose displaying ripe roasted dark fruit of the 90 vintage, a hint of rose and earth. Excellent concentration, dense ripe black fruit, medium acidity, still a hint of tannins and a medium long finish. Although enjoyable, there is nothing special about the wine and absolutely not worth the current auction price.
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7/13/2018 - Jeongyahn wrote: 93 Points
Dark-berry and rose petal. Like Burghound's note, it feels like a cab. 'rustic big bodied and robust flavor'
Leroy perfume and stem character
Oriental spice, gamey, meaty
Excellent textured and good acidity
It was large in scale and well balanced like Grand Cru, but felt a little lack of focus.
I still feel very young and a little bit rough.
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4/7/2018 - fclarity wrote: 93 Points
Tasted blind, this wine had a deep red center with a light puce rim. The medium+ intensity nose showed toasty oak, cherries, black soil, and plums.
In the mouth, this wine was medium bodied with firm acidty, notable rounded tannin, and great richness. It tasted almost like an Italian wine at first in that it was so exotic, intense, and structured. However, it did develop nicely with air but never was able to shake the excess of toast.
I am not sure where this is going. However, it is abundantly clear from the CT tasting notes that this wine is not worth the money being offered for it at auction.
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3/6/2018 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 92 Points
No change from last December
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1/1/2018 - jgh123 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Christmas dinner with roast Scottish Pheasant and Cumberland sauce. Amber rim; dark fruit; chocolate; lush and lingering. Drink now and for 5 more years.
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12/15/2017 - Alex G. wrote:
Served blind, I guessed '98 from the abundant sauvage. Fortunately plenty of fruit to balance. Enjoyable wine, suffered from palate fatigue by this point would like to try again sometime.
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2/7/2017 - ChambertinMan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Only one lieu-dit separated from La Tâche yet a distinctly more vegetal character evident with spicy aromas of cumin seed, green peppers and dried porcini. Surprisingly fresh tannins, acidity and minerality on the palate. Nose opened with burnt copper but settled to a lush bouquet of red berries, cherry liqueur and rose oil.
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12/24/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Wine Lunch Before Christmas (Happ Inn - Northfield IL): Black cherry and berry with some faint red cherry hints. Lots and lots of spice with classic Leroy perfumed charm. Very rich opulent, and powerful while incredibly fresh for a 25+ yo wine. What a treat, thanks, Ken!
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11/9/2014 - johnh1001 wrote: 94 Points
Lovely nose of dried roses, cherry, some spice and a sweet note that came a across as confectioners sugar. Very perfumed. Bright and forward on the palate with excellent detail. Nice grip on the slightly dry finish.
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8/10/2014 - BradE wrote:
Favre 3.0 Friday Night.: This was really good, and surprised on the upside.
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6/3/2014 - dcwino wrote: 92 Points
Burgundy dinner – 90 Krug, Raveneau, Leroy, M. Gibourg, Truchot, H Lignier and etc. (The Grill Room at Capella Hotel Georgetown): Jammy dark fruit driven nose, dark cherries, blackberry jelly, violet, noticeable Asian spices, ginseng and mint. Exceptional concentration as expected from the 90 Leroy, jammy dark fruit driven palate impression and noticeable structure. It is a bit monolithic despite showing a hint of vosne nose a la Asian spices. Perhaps still need more time. I think this is where my note may be helpful for those who wish to purchase mature Leroy. I would rather pay a bit more and try the Beaux Monts.
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5/18/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
Chicago Berserkerfest Dinner #2 (Sun Wah): Very large scaled black fruit aromas with robust spice. Mostly sweet black cherry, some red cherry hints, still vibrant and fresh on palate. A little monolithic today, but i expect more charm to emerge with more time in the cellar, given lots of supporting structure throughout.
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5/18/2013 - tooch wrote: 92 Points
Chicago Berserkerfest; 5/18/2013-5/19/2013 (Chicago, IL): Sweet cherry and dusty floral notes are elegant and precise. One of the finer Boudots of the evening.
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7/2/2011 - sdr wrote:
Nice performance but nothing exciting. Good muscular NSG performance, meaty and masculine. Not fantastic but very enjoyable.
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4/23/2011 - sdr wrote: 91 Points
The combination of the vintage, the vineyard and the producer is a recipe for sucess. Powerful in Burgundian terms, earthy, with notes of black licorice and blackberry. Although the color was deep all the way to the rim, the slight dryness on the finish and totally integrated tannins makes me believe this wine is not only totally mature, but should be drunk sooner rather than later.
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11/28/2010 - rnellans wrote: 91 Points
Dark core with amber rim. Sous bois, mushrooms with spice on the nose. Nicely balanced. More tannic and rustic than the others. Lacked fruit on the palate
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11/28/2010 - cct wrote: 90 Points
More meaty and earthy than the rest of the lineup. SOme heme, and good depth and focus. Again, picking nits a bit thin and less complex than the rest of the lineup. Nonetheless outstanding in itself . 90 pts
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11/22/2010 - lepetitchateau wrote: 85 Points
gross... ick - not Burgundy on the palate.
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5/6/2009 - cortoncharlie wrote: 94 Points
Signature leroy nose with lovely fruit and earth. Dense and luxurious in the mouth. Good balance between fruit and acidity. Still some detectable tanin. This wine has the stuffing to evole further. Agree with the others that this sings more of Leroy than NSG. However, I can bet you won't complain....
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1/29/2009 - sdr wrote: 90 Points
Full color; dark to the edge. Mouthfilling and richly fruited. But no real sign of its Nuits St. George origin. No licorice, no earthiness, no minerals. Blackberry fruit. Almost indistinguishable from the '90 Leroy VR Les Beaux Monts we had alongside it. A very good drink, but not truly outstanding.
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1/3/2009 - rnellans wrote: 93 Points
Lush. Ripe. Black fruits. Great balance.
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3/26/2008 - Topper wrote: 94 Points
Fat, sappy, plummy, mossy, fabulous wine that started off somewhat reticently out of the bottle, required a decant and kept evolving more and more power in the glass over 3-4 hours. Would have loved to taste it the next day but that just wasn't going happen. Had to hide my glass so I could save a little for after dinner. Kind of an "intellectual" wine in that it required your concentration and focus while drinking it.
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4/7/2007 - sdr wrote: 95 Points
This NSG shows why the combination of Nuits, 1990 and Leroy is ideal. Huge in the mouth; enormously concentrated; sweet, lush, velvety. It's hard to detect this is a Nuits, so if that bothers you, stay away. But if you just want a mouthful of massive, perfectly ripe pinot noir, this is it.
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8/15/2006 - Burgundy Al wrote: 92 Points
Nuits St.-Georges Dinner, Mostly Leroy (Blackbird - Chicago IL): Decanted for a couple of hours. Dark brooding fruit on nose and palate. Bigger and more dense than the Vignerondes, but not as accessible and enjoyable today. Very good spice shows its proximity to Vosne more than its NSG geography. Hold to at least 2010.
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8/15/2006 - winefool wrote: 94 Points
Full red/purple. Full clean acidic aroma of red and black fruits. Mmmn, spicy black fruit on the palate. Really lovely.
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4/17/2006 - Blair Curtis wrote: 95 Points
Dinner at The Orchard with NYC Ebobbers (NYC): This one was a challenger for WOTN. Has that classic Leroy surmaturite on the nose. A plush, plummy, fat palate shows the vintage, but somehow it feels right and is not over the top. Great mouthfeel, as expected from Leroy. Fantastic wine.
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3/15/2005 - mnh wrote:
Incredible 15 yo! Deep ruby, expressive, fresh nose. True to its Nuit terroir. Great fruit, minerals, complexity.
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1/18/2005 - sdr wrote: 94 Points
While still youthful, this full bodied beauty is a complete success from Madame Bize-Leroy. I think the character of the vintage goes well with the powerful house style. The exceptionally dark, almost inky, color presages a wine of great extract and flavor, primarily blackberries. Robust, but not too tannic. Not a trace of astringency. Well integrated oak adds additional interest. Not particularly earthy, so maybe not really site-specific, but this is a delicious drink now and for many years to come. No change in the glass for 4 hours. Delicious.
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6/19/1999 - MikeATL wrote:
I am rapidly becoming addicted to great Burgundy. From a financial standpoint, this is a very bad thing. But wines like this one make you forget about such mundane concerns. Towering aromas of chocolate, sweet plum, cherry, and a gamy edge soar from the glass, leaving me content to simply sniff it for a while. But it is well worth drinking, as the staggering intensity of the fruit carried me away, lightly slapping me with hints of leather and violets. A baby and still on its way up.
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3/1/1994 - mnh wrote:
Very powerful, needs to shed tannins. Wait a year
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