Community Tasting Notes 14

• Kim Gerner wrote: 88 points

  October 21, 2023 - 40th anniversary tasting (L'Esprit du Vin - Axelborg): My notes from this fantastic gigantic tasting are in general extremely short (because of the many wines) but with ratings. We spent a whole day tasting and tasting quality wines.
  
  This wine: High acidity, high concentration, bitterness. With that in mind I am sure it is suitable for further ageing.

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• forceberry wrote: 76 points

  March 16, 2021 - 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Pale, remarkably neutral, almost watery light yellow color - remarkably youthful apperance for the age. Quite reductive, dull and somewhat unpleasant nose of rubbery swimming pool toy, some mineral water, a little bit of developed waxy character, light crunchy notes of white currant, hints of parsnip and canned corn and a skunky touch of sulphur. Overall the nose reminds me of sponti Mosel Rieslings suffering from Böckser, but with a somewhat Burgundian twist. It smells like the wine has had a touch of reduction in its youth, but it has all gone south, developing mercaptans instead of blowing the reduction slowly off. The wine is taut, light-bodied and somewhat metallic on the palate with flavors of apple peel bitterness, some rubbery reduction, a little bit of tart Granny Smith apple, light stony mineral tones, a hint of lemon juice and a touch of wool. The acidity lends great sense of freshness and structure to the wine, but the fruit department feels remarkably understated. The finish is long, crisp and rather dull with understated, medium-long flavors of tart green apples, some stony mineral tones, a little bit of rubbery reduction, light tangy notes of salinity, a hint of bitter almond oil and a toasty touch of marzipan.
  
  A remarkably youthful and lean Aligoté that suffers badly from reduction. It's astounding how the wine is over 10 years old when many other Aligotés half the age in our tasting seemed much younger in comparison. However, the developed, toasty notes in the aftertaste confirmed that the wine isn't young anymore. But what's badly wrong here is the reduction: this wine doesn't show that lovely, smoky matchstick reduction that some wonderful Burgundy whites can show. The wine is dull, skunky and quite unpleasant, showing smelly mercaptans instead of fruit. I wonder if the wine could get better together with 24 hour-decant or if this is just permanently this dull and skunky - at least the wine didn't manage to get any better with +2 hours in the glass. I also wonder whether aging the wine further could help in mitigating the reductive notes or if the wine is only going to get worse with age. Nevertheless, this was a big disappointment.

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• Aravind Asok wrote:

  April 21, 2018 - Notes from day 2. A hint of the savory, loads of mint and cucumber, but seems a touch thin. On the palate, ok acidity, but I expected more based on the vintage. More cool cucumber and some savory notes, but not as savory as I like my aligote. Still, pretty good.
  
  Q: are Leroy whites typically overfilled? I feel like I always find seepage and a touch of mold at the top of the cork.

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• James Kim wrote: flawed

  September 14, 2016 - FLAWED - pretty significant fungus on top of cork. Rest of cork looked clean and came out easily with Ah So. But musty varnishy off aromas and palate was all shrill acid. No fruit. Put back in poured out 1 glass and then fridge for over 2. Acids calmed a little but still no flavor and musty off aromas. Second bottle of older Dom. Leroy from Premier Cru that was shot. The previous being a 1999(?) Bourgogne Rouge.

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• Markus IWC wrote: 93 points

  May 26, 2016 - Leroy #2 chicken yard, hay, grass, flowers, yeast, high acidity, nice balance, very special character

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type White
• Producer Domaine Leroy
• Varietal Aligoté
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Bourgogne-Aligoté

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• Consumed 95 (41%)

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