2001 Domaine Leroy Romanée St. Vivant

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 96 points

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  3/1/2024 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points

  Exuberant stem aromatics. Round, balanced palate with length. Very red fruited. (1638/2371)

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  2/10/2024 - johnh1001 wrote: 97 Points

  No much has changed since I had this last about 10 years ago. Incredible spice, power, detail and finesse. More linear and the 2000 we had next to it. And much more layered than the 2001 Beaux Monts we also had.

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  1/14/2024 - fcxj wrote: 98 Points

  Exuberant floral aromatics, integrated stems. Pure red fruit, appealing sweetness. Perfect time to drink this. If nitpicking, backend slightly short. (1821/2371)

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  11/27/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:

  Magical, this is the wine of the year.
  
  It’s as if an entire field of roses were put in a glass. The persistence and density of flavor are stunning, and the wine remains weightless, ethereal, and utterly elegant. The delicate and profound spice, the nuance, the shifting and revealing layers of complexity... it's breathtaking.
  
  The density and weightlessness of it conjure up an image of a gold bar floating in zero gravity -- solid and substantial, yet moved by the lightest touch.
  
  It's a startlingly beautiful wine that achieves something rare and profound. This is the type of experience one would be lucky to have one time in a thousand.
  
  To put into context how truly exceptional this wine is, we also had a 2007 d'Auvenay Mazis Chambertin and it seemed flat by comparison. Admittedly the Mazis was younger and will surely improve with time, but still that's quite a serious yardstick against which to measure another wine.
  
  I am incredibly grateful to my friend who generously shared this wine.

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  10/9/2019 - Topper wrote: 97 Points

  A rare opportunity to taste Leroy Richebourg and RSV from the same vintage side by side over the course of a long dinner. This vintage allowed the wines to show the Leroy house style but also the distinctive terroir of the two vineyards. The RSV was captivating and continued to open over the whole length of the meal. I found gorgeous red fruit with fullness but also a cool swath of menthol, provencal herbs and flowers. Some think that Bize Leroy does some of her best work with this vineyard and tonight bears this out. Both wines were amazing and it was really a privilege to taste them together. Everyone loved both wines. At the end of the night, it was so hard to choose between the two (if one really needs to choose). The RSV got 4 of 7 votes from the group and the Richebourg the other three.

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