Community Tasting Note
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emzee.mc wrote: 94 points
December 3, 2018 - Edward's treat. The wine is popped and slow-oxed for 5-6 hours before drinking. It pours a brownish, purple color with medium legs and moderate sediment, sure signs of its relative age. With time, the nose starts to unravel itself over the course of the consumption period. This juice boasts downright mind-boggling concentration as the power holds up in the glass. So pure, so powerful, beguiling, yet lithe. The bouquet, which consists of macerated plums, potpourri, violets, leathers, strawberries, and anise, is on the feminine side. In fact, I guessed VR while blind tasting. On the palate, the wine is anything but. Beefy, animalistic, and masculine, the juice is textured, powerful, yet effortless. Minerals are definitely present and acidity presents requisite counterbalance. Flavors of steel, alkaline water, violets, beef jerky, blackberries, strawberry jam and plums are there. Tannins are still a bit raspy and not fully integrated. Interestingly enough, given this body, I would not have guessed that this was Burgundy at all. If anything, it tastes most similar to a well-crafted, aged Californian pinot, bar the alcoholic heat. Finish is steely and pompous with an expansive, warming sensation. I truly love the balance between fruit/age and power/weight in this. That said, I probably prefer Engel's 00 CdV better because the tannins are more advanced. This Leroy still needs time to further let the tannins resolve.
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