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Wine Description
The Story
Domaine Leroy’s only white, the orton-Charlemagne, reveals a nose of fresh herbs, spices, minerals, linden, and stones. Magnificently fresh and medium-bodied, this wine exhibits great concentration to its stone, mineral, and pear-flavored character. Like many young wines from this terroir, it is youthfully austere, yet exhibits a depth of fruit, balance, and an extraordinarily long finish of exceptional quality. Admirers of Madame Leroy’s Cort...
Vintage 1995
A small crop of high quality for long ageing. As in 1985, the acidity in the white wines is hidden behind the ripe fruit.
An early frost and cool June weather severely reduced the size of the 1995 crop. July and August were fine, dry and warm, but cooler conditions arrived in September, bringing showers and overcast skies. Fortunately the rains were more spread out and did not do as much damage as in 1994. The harvest took place in cooler ...