This is very nice wine and worth what I paid for it 6 years ago. Sillypricing now. Wine has bright cherry flavors and pretty red color. Appealing but not challenging. It is even reminiscent of other Savigny wines, which is to say that at current pricing we'd be better off buying those others and letting the finance guys and gals pay thousands for this very nice (as opposed to great) Beaune wine.
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Bottle 2/2. This drank a little better, perhaps due to the additional half year of age, or that it was drank immediately from decant. First glass was the most expressive with a beguiling nose of clove, incense, spice and stem. Loamy palate of red fruit, ripe black currant, clove, Chinese 5 spice, and green stemminess. By the third glass the wine completely transformed to more tertiary notes of game, iron, clay soil. Became more tannic and less fresh. The conclusion? A very interesting and unique wine, not the best Red Burg I’ve ever drank but can improve with time. It tasted absolutely nothing like Cote de Beaune, probably due to the winemaking, if tasted blind, I would have thought Clos Vougeout? Hard to place, but can pick up the ‘Leroy flamboyance’ here. 93 now maybe this gains a point in a few years.
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Flash note: bright and beautiful. Sweet cherry fruit with perfectly balanced characteristics. Color was a sensual cherry red. All the right stuff in all the right places. Good QPR for Leroy. See my previous published note for more details. Very consistent as it’s only been a few months. Wish I had mor. highest recommendation
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Decanted for an hour. On the initial pour into the decanter aromas of intense floral and fruit meadow. By the time we sat down the nose was less intense and more clove and spice. Tart red fruit, clove and other spices. Medium plus finish with puckery tannins. Cherry and some darker fruit too. By the 3rd hour more green stem appeared. My first Leroy and didn’t dissapoint as it comes across quite unique in its own way. Lot’s of complexity in the making 93 now 1-2 points of upside over the next 5 years.
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Bright ruby perfect burgundy coloring. Silky texture. Nose of savory herb, and tangy red fruit. Tart cherry and cranberry on the palate with a savory herb note. Medium plus acidity and well structured. This wine should last. Sometimes young Leroy can be a night tight and green. Not so in this one. Highly recommended and good qpr for Leroy.
3/29/2024 - Topper wrote: 93 Points
This is very nice wine and worth what I paid for it 6 years ago. Sillypricing now. Wine has bright cherry flavors and pretty red color. Appealing but not challenging. It is even reminiscent of other Savigny wines, which is to say that at current pricing we'd be better off buying those others and letting the finance guys and gals pay thousands for this very nice (as opposed to great) Beaune wine.
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3/18/2023 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Classic Leroy profile with orgasmic floral aromatics and plastic polish. Palate is balanced but what length and charming sweetness. (380/1517)
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8/14/2021 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 93 Points
Bottle 2/2. This drank a little better, perhaps due to the additional half year of age, or that it was drank immediately from decant. First glass was the most expressive with a beguiling nose of clove, incense, spice and stem. Loamy palate of red fruit, ripe black currant, clove, Chinese 5 spice, and green stemminess. By the third glass the wine completely transformed to more tertiary notes of game, iron, clay soil. Became more tannic and less fresh. The conclusion? A very interesting and unique wine, not the best Red Burg I’ve ever drank but can improve with time. It tasted absolutely nothing like Cote de Beaune, probably due to the winemaking, if tasted blind, I would have thought Clos Vougeout? Hard to place, but can pick up the ‘Leroy flamboyance’ here. 93 now maybe this gains a point in a few years.
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3/1/2021 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Flash note: bright and beautiful. Sweet cherry fruit with perfectly balanced characteristics. Color was a sensual cherry red. All the right stuff in all the right places. Good QPR for Leroy. See my previous published note for more details. Very consistent as it’s only been a few months. Wish I had mor. highest recommendation
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2/14/2021 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for an hour. On the initial pour into the decanter aromas of intense floral and fruit meadow. By the time we sat down the nose was less intense and more clove and spice. Tart red fruit, clove and other spices. Medium plus finish with puckery tannins. Cherry and some darker fruit too. By the 3rd hour more green stem appeared. My first Leroy and didn’t dissapoint as it comes across quite unique in its own way. Lot’s of complexity in the making 93 now 1-2 points of upside over the next 5 years.
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10/8/2020 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright ruby perfect burgundy coloring. Silky texture. Nose of savory herb, and tangy red fruit. Tart cherry and cranberry on the palate with a savory herb note. Medium plus acidity and well structured. This wine should last. Sometimes young Leroy can be a night tight and green. Not so in this one. Highly recommended and good qpr for Leroy.
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