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Wine Description
The Story
There are oenophiles who believe that Domaine Leroy produces the greatest wines in the world. The estate was founded in Burgundy in 1868 and today is owned and run by Lalou Bize-Leroy, a dynamo of a woman who represents the current generation of the founding family. Bize-Leroy is famous, among other reasons, for being an early adopter of biodynamic vineyard cultivation, meaning that there have been no chemicals, fertilizers or pesticides of an...
Vintage 1991
The 1991 vintage in Burgundy is celebrated as a classic "insider" vintage—a dark-horse success story that dramatically outperformed neighboring Bordeaux and defied a spring frost to produce fragrant, beautifully structured, and highly terroir-expressive red wines.
Growing Conditions & Climate
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Spring Frost: Similar to Bordeaux, a severe frost in late April struck Burgundy, killing early shoots and drastically reducing potential yiel...
