Leroy Week; 8/24/2021-8/27/2021 (Hong Kong): 4082/9064. Consistent with the vintage, this does not offer the classic Leroy spice and cherry fruit, but shows somewhat even firmer tannin than the CdV on the side, and is certainly of grand cru on the palate. Interesting comparison from the early days. 93
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Surprisingly good for a wine in her early Domaine days. Serene. Drinking superbly. Spice, white pepper and truffle. Very blue fruited with incense, sandalwood and a touch of mint. Some roasted character after extended aeration. Tannins were just so resolved. In a prime window.
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Friday after Thanksgiving (FAT) (Palm Beach Gardens FL): Tasting, brief note. Lots of very ripe black cherry and blackberry, showing in an advance and mature style. Lots of great mushroom character. Still in its peak drinking window, but I'd expect this was better a few years ago than right now.
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Paired the 88 and 89. The crowd consensus was the 89, which is deeper and richer, and was great. But the 88 was soft and delicate, and I felt showed really, really well.
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Color still rather young, nose with tea, stems and faint remaining of Leroy's typical nose. Very clear in color, in the mouth still youthful and still got attack, but drinking v nicely now, will hold for at least 3-5years. A good if not a great Leroy
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Brick color, but not extensive. Tar and anis on the nose. Great acidity and very long lasting. Some tannin still. The wine was great and in good shape.
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Ooooooh... I think I need a moment. This had that lovely musk that older Burgs get, something I just want to rub my face into. Wow. Sorry, I need another moment. Dark fruits and berries and sous-bois and spices really fought for your attention, with a velvety mouthfeel that carried everything through to the long, softly tannic finish. If ever you want to show someone Vosne spices, this would be a good example to use. This kept adding weight and complexity through the night, a real beauty.
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The Doctor Is In (Eleven Madison Park): Barnyard aroma with a deeply fruited palate that's figgy but not raisined (a defect a prior bottle of this wine once had) and dusted with tannin. Delicious for awhile but it lags down the stretch when a hint of bretty band-aid emerges on the finish.
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Tasting Group Dinner (Jeff's House): Deliciously fresh and youthful. Crystalline clarity. Complex nose of smoke, ripe black cherries, and Asian spice that carries through to the palate. Finely textured and richly concentrated, without any obvious weight or heaviness. Delicious.
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Near perfect red Burgundy. Sure it was modern in style with some well seasoned oak but there was pristine, dense fruit that had all but soaked it up. The fruit was plush, sweet and vinous with some lovely soil development. It was a wine that continued to build in the glass with a seamless quality. Would have been the wine of the night in most company but tonight it was up against a mature Coche.
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Historic note. A big disappointment. Some complexity on the nose: meat, thyme, raspberry but a rather closed wine with hard tannins. Only medium bodied and nothing profound in terms of flavour - red fruits. More like a village wine than a premier cru from one of the best producers of Burgundy. Perhaps too young when I drank it 2000?
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8/25/2021 - vetty wrote: 93 Points
Aroma of leather. Almost no primary flavor.
drinking with 89 vougeot and 93 NSG, this bottle has the fullest body.
M tannin and acidity.
4082/9064.
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8/24/2021 - hprphf wrote: 93 Points
Leroy Week; 8/24/2021-8/27/2021 (Hong Kong): 4082/9064. Consistent with the vintage, this does not offer the classic Leroy spice and cherry fruit, but shows somewhat even firmer tannin than the CdV on the side, and is certainly of grand cru on the palate. Interesting comparison from the early days. 93
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2/28/2019 - justburg wrote: 92 Points
Surprisingly good for a wine in her early Domaine days. Serene. Drinking superbly. Spice, white pepper and truffle. Very blue fruited with incense, sandalwood and a touch of mint. Some roasted character after extended aeration. Tannins were just so resolved. In a prime window.
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3/11/2017 - fcxj wrote: 80 Points
Paulee. Not clean cork.
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3/9/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Zachys La Paulee "Warm-up" Dinner (Lafayette - New York NY): Small glass, late night, brief note. More black vs red fruit, all fully mature with great spice. VG concentration. Probably best to enjoy within the next decade.
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5/1/2014 - johnh1001 wrote:
Acker Paulee Dinner (The Fourth, NYC): Black fruit, bacon and faded spice. I was fading too at this point, but the wine didn't stand out.
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5/1/2014 - Burgundy Al wrote:
Acker "Paulee" Burgundy Dinner (The Fourth - New York NY): Tasted late in the evening. Lots of mature black berry and cherry with great spice. I wouldn't expect this to get any better from here.
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11/23/2012 - Burgundy Al Likes this wine: 93 Points
Friday after Thanksgiving (FAT) (Palm Beach Gardens FL): Tasting, brief note. Lots of very ripe black cherry and blackberry, showing in an advance and mature style. Lots of great mushroom character. Still in its peak drinking window, but I'd expect this was better a few years ago than right now.
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11/23/2012 - psmith wrote: 94 Points
Friday after Thanksgiving II (Palm Beach Gardens, FL): Dark, a bit sloppy in texture, but wonderfully expressive and deep. Dark fruits. Good detail.
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9/7/2012 - Khamaj wrote: 93 Points
Wow. Youthful and delicious. Grand cru quality. Unexpectedly good. Classic Vosne nose, slightly reduced on the palette. Wish I had more.
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6/11/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 91 Points
Bold, brash wine with a big frontal attack, but then it devolves into astringency, and thins out. Rated on its best quality.
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9/13/2011 - BradE wrote:
Paired the 88 and 89. The crowd consensus was the 89, which is deeper and richer, and was great. But the 88 was soft and delicate, and I felt showed really, really well.
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7/29/2010 - Pacalet wrote: 90 Points
Color still rather young, nose with tea, stems and faint remaining of Leroy's typical nose. Very clear in color, in the mouth still youthful and still got attack, but drinking v nicely now, will hold for at least 3-5years. A good if not a great Leroy
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5/6/2010 - donStrandini Likes this wine: 93 Points
Brick color, but not extensive. Tar and anis on the nose. Great acidity and very long lasting. Some tannin still. The wine was great and in good shape.
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6/11/2009 - Vinotas wrote:
Ooooooh... I think I need a moment. This had that lovely musk that older Burgs get, something I just want to rub my face into. Wow. Sorry, I need another moment. Dark fruits and berries and sous-bois and spices really fought for your attention, with a velvety mouthfeel that carried everything through to the long, softly tannic finish. If ever you want to show someone Vosne spices, this would be a good example to use. This kept adding weight and complexity through the night, a real beauty.
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9/28/2007 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 90 Points
The Doctor Is In (Eleven Madison Park): Barnyard aroma with a deeply fruited palate that's figgy but not raisined (a defect a prior bottle of this wine once had) and dusted with tannin. Delicious for awhile but it lags down the stretch when a hint of bretty band-aid emerges on the finish.
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7/15/2007 - BradE wrote:
This didn't really ring my bell. Others (Chris P) liked it better.
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7/14/2007 - Siggy wrote: 94 Points
Tasting Group Dinner (Jeff's House): Deliciously fresh and youthful. Crystalline clarity. Complex nose of smoke, ripe black cherries, and Asian spice that carries through to the palate. Finely textured and richly concentrated, without any obvious weight or heaviness. Delicious.
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12/12/2004 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Near perfect red Burgundy. Sure it was modern in style with some well seasoned oak but there was pristine, dense fruit that had all but soaked it up. The fruit was plush, sweet and vinous with some lovely soil development. It was a wine that continued to build in the glass with a seamless quality. Would have been the wine of the night in most company but tonight it was up against a mature Coche.
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5/22/2003 - AJ72 wrote: 79 Points
Very solid almost impenetrable style which is not my favourite. Not very elegant, quite structured. A disappointment given the price.
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3/9/2000 - kevin h wrote: 86 Points
Historic note. A big disappointment. Some complexity on the nose: meat, thyme, raspberry but a rather closed wine with hard tannins. Only medium bodied and nothing profound in terms of flavour - red fruits. More like a village wine than a premier cru from one of the best producers of Burgundy. Perhaps too young when I drank it 2000?
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