Tung's Birthday (Monkey Year Wines) (Aoki Restaurant, Shaw House, Singapore): A really nice 1980. The nose had a lovely mature Burgundy ring to it, with sous bois and truffles wafting around a core of dried fruit - think preserved strawberries and sweet cherries - and then just a little dusting of spice and mineral, all these layered with a touch of Leroy’s whole cluster funk. Lovely. The palate showed perhaps a bit past prime, but was still absolutely charming. It had a lovely ring of dried strawberries and fresh red cherries infused with a lovely bit of high-toned spice, earth and mineral, all pulling away into a lovely, full finish. The fruit had the richness one would expect of a Leroy wine, but the wine also had a lovely, transparent Chambertin typicity, along with the all the sinewy muscle and strength one would associate with the terroir. Very good indeed. Time to drink up though.
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Incredible aroma of violet, rose, strawberry, in an extremely elegant way. The taste is also splendid, nice acidity with perfumed spices. 39 years already, incredible!
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A Great French Dinner (Indianapolis, IN): This wine initially presented with marked acid on the nose, with the fruit lurking underneath. Dark color, and cloudy without throwing much sediment. With 20-30 minutes in the glass darker Gevrey fruit began to emerge on the nose and palate. It’s possible there was a bit of bottle variation, or perhaps I didn’t give it enough time to open up.
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Leroy Dinner (Carlos - Highwood, IL): Primary black fruit on nose. Palate was also still quite primary, but didn't show me more complexity or spice. Perhaps this just needs some more time in cellar or decanter (this was popped, decanted and poured), but I found this to be elegant and subtle without much nuance. Served in a flight alongside Maison Leroy's 1980 Chambertin Clos de Beze and Musigny, all library releases from last year. This Chambertin was probably my least favorite of the flight.
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8/6/2020 - Paul S wrote: 93 Points
Tung's Birthday (Monkey Year Wines) (Aoki Restaurant, Shaw House, Singapore): A really nice 1980. The nose had a lovely mature Burgundy ring to it, with sous bois and truffles wafting around a core of dried fruit - think preserved strawberries and sweet cherries - and then just a little dusting of spice and mineral, all these layered with a touch of Leroy’s whole cluster funk. Lovely. The palate showed perhaps a bit past prime, but was still absolutely charming. It had a lovely ring of dried strawberries and fresh red cherries infused with a lovely bit of high-toned spice, earth and mineral, all pulling away into a lovely, full finish. The fruit had the richness one would expect of a Leroy wine, but the wine also had a lovely, transparent Chambertin typicity, along with the all the sinewy muscle and strength one would associate with the terroir. Very good indeed. Time to drink up though.
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5/28/2019 - onboisduvin Likes this wine: 97 Points
Incredible aroma of violet, rose, strawberry, in an extremely elegant way. The taste is also splendid, nice acidity with perfumed spices. 39 years already, incredible!
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5/13/2016 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Served blind, pretty, elegant, I thought Chambolle by the nose. Showing its age with a woody, drying finish, but still enjoyable and special.
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2/27/2016 - fcxj wrote: 88 Points
Past its time, bit dusty and unfocused.
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4/24/2015 - steinersing wrote: 91 Points
great nose and quite big, but not that long. good for the vintage
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9/14/2014 - ATBridge wrote:
A Great French Dinner (Indianapolis, IN): This wine initially presented with marked acid on the nose, with the fruit lurking underneath. Dark color, and cloudy without throwing much sediment. With 20-30 minutes in the glass darker Gevrey fruit began to emerge on the nose and palate. It’s possible there was a bit of bottle variation, or perhaps I didn’t give it enough time to open up.
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8/10/2014 - BradE wrote:
Favre 3.0 Friday Night.: A fun bottle, but I'm a sucker for 80 burgs. Enjoyed it a lot.
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12/30/2011 - johnh1001 wrote: 92 Points
Drank over 4 hours. Held up and got better with time. A solid wine but without the exotic qualities i like from Leroy.
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11/21/2011 - Burgundy Al wrote: 89 Points
Leroy Dinner (Carlos - Highwood, IL): Primary black fruit on nose. Palate was also still quite primary, but didn't show me more complexity or spice. Perhaps this just needs some more time in cellar or decanter (this was popped, decanted and poured), but I found this to be elegant and subtle without much nuance. Served in a flight alongside Maison Leroy's 1980 Chambertin Clos de Beze and Musigny, all library releases from last year. This Chambertin was probably my least favorite of the flight.
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