Translucent ruby with trace of garnet. Fabulous opulent fragrance of ripe strawberries and earth. Welterweight density, red fruit flavors, no astringency. Pretty perfect for the year and cru. I don’t think there is anywhere up for this to go but it will probably hold for a while.
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Highly spicy nose. Some stemmy notes but not bothersome. Would think this is high whole cluster. Bring it. Rich and drinking young. Good mid palate and persistent finish with lots of complex flavors of dark cherry, red candy, forest floor and some ash. This wine is built to last as its drinking like it just entered its window.
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Five Decades of Leroy (Charlie Bird): Nicely maturing, maybe a touch reductive, red cherry. A bit of wood varnish still holding on. Lots of sous bois, a touch of brett, loads of spice. Showing pleasant development with more air: hint of farm. Still great.
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95 is not a leroy vintage. Nose is floral wih potburri, red fruit and flowers. Palate is simple and light for a leroy prem cru. Drinking at peak. It drinks more like a village than prem cru.
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Leroy's secret sauce was evident from the first whiff, what a glorious perfume. This could never be mistaken for anything other than a Vosne Romanee of the highest order. Needed some time for the palate to unfold its many layers. I adore this wine, it's reference standard Burgundy and an absolute honor to be able to drink.
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(Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Beaux Monts) Medium brick red color with pale meniscus; nice tart strawberry with sous bois nose; tasty and complex palate of tart strawberry, red fruit, rosehips and minerals; medium-plus finish
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11/16/2017 - PGIF Likes this wine: 91 Points
Translucent ruby with trace of garnet. Fabulous opulent fragrance of ripe strawberries and earth. Welterweight density, red fruit flavors, no astringency. Pretty perfect for the year and cru. I don’t think there is anywhere up for this to go but it will probably hold for a while.
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9/28/2017 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 95 Points
Highly spicy nose. Some stemmy notes but not bothersome. Would think this is high whole cluster. Bring it. Rich and drinking young. Good mid palate and persistent finish with lots of complex flavors of dark cherry, red candy, forest floor and some ash. This wine is built to last as its drinking like it just entered its window.
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9/27/2017 - The Vines That Bind wrote: 94 Points
Five Decades of Leroy (Charlie Bird): Nicely maturing, maybe a touch reductive, red cherry. A bit of wood varnish still holding on. Lots of sous bois, a touch of brett, loads of spice. Showing pleasant development with more air: hint of farm. Still great.
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9/7/2017 - Burgnick wrote: 91 Points
95 is not a leroy vintage. Nose is floral wih potburri, red fruit and flowers. Palate is simple and light for a leroy prem cru. Drinking at peak. It drinks more like a village than prem cru.
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5/13/2017 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Leroy's secret sauce was evident from the first whiff, what a glorious perfume. This could never be mistaken for anything other than a Vosne Romanee of the highest order. Needed some time for the palate to unfold its many layers. I adore this wine, it's reference standard Burgundy and an absolute honor to be able to drink.
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