Soft open and insane spice and complexity. Textbook Leroy. Mature and gorgeous right now but this will go a long long time. An amazing achievement this vintage.
Decanted for 2 hours. Soaring nose of brown baking spice, sandalwood and red cherry. More Vosne than NSG. Palate shows young, silky red fruits with medium intensity and ripe fruit. Easily mistaken for a 99 or an 02, this shows more Leroy character than 00 character. Plenty of life left, with no sign of age. In a word, enchanting.
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Not a whole lot on the nose. Hints of typical Leroy spice and red fruit with hints of earth. After a couple hours a green/pickle juice note emerged both on the palate and the nose- not offputting, just there. Much more red/tart fruit after a couple hours of air. Medium depth and complexity. Long lingering finish. I don't think this will improve as it started to fade after 5 hours.
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HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): Very, very tight. Barely smells like anything right now. With some more air, that typical Leroy aroma comes out: earth, cherries, and a bit of brown baking spice. The palate is also very tight and isn't giving up very many of its secrets right now. There are notes of cherry and brown baking spice. Medium length, red-fruit-inflected finish.
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1/20/2024 - johnh1001 wrote: 96 Points
Soft open and insane spice and complexity. Textbook Leroy. Mature and gorgeous right now but this will go a long long time. An amazing achievement this vintage.
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12/25/2020 - llink wrote: 94 Points
Decanted for 2 hours. Soaring nose of brown baking spice, sandalwood and red cherry. More Vosne than NSG. Palate shows young, silky red fruits with medium intensity and ripe fruit. Easily mistaken for a 99 or an 02, this shows more Leroy character than 00 character. Plenty of life left, with no sign of age. In a word, enchanting.
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5/7/2015 - Biglama Likes this wine: 94 Points
schitterend glas, altijd prijs, mooie aromatische neus, klein rood fruit, ook kruidig, finesse ten top
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12/14/2013 - johnh1001 wrote: 93 Points
Not a whole lot on the nose. Hints of typical Leroy spice and red fruit with hints of earth. After a couple hours a green/pickle juice note emerged both on the palate and the nose- not offputting, just there. Much more red/tart fruit after a couple hours of air. Medium depth and complexity. Long lingering finish. I don't think this will improve as it started to fade after 5 hours.
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12/14/2013 - acyso wrote: 93 Points
HDH auction tasting at Tru (Chicago, IL): Very, very tight. Barely smells like anything right now. With some more air, that typical Leroy aroma comes out: earth, cherries, and a bit of brown baking spice. The palate is also very tight and isn't giving up very many of its secrets right now. There are notes of cherry and brown baking spice. Medium length, red-fruit-inflected finish.
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