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  • Country ranking ?

    202
  • Producer ranking ?

    6
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

The wines of Domaine Leroy are among the most elegant, collectable, and rare wines in the Cote d’Or and entire world. Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy is the driving force behind the Leroy empire. She inherited the successful, terroir expressive winery in 1971 from her father, and has developed a reputation as the first important female leader in Burgundy. The intense quality focused crops only yield a quarter of the fruit compared to other vineyards i...

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Dark cusp of crimson and ruby. Nervy and sweet and absolutely gorgeous. I refuse to spit this! Like essence of violets, and lots of sweetness. Wonderful persistence. Some may reproach it for being too sweet and charming…? 

  • 96p

Wonderful generosity and ripeness on this Richebourg that is incredibly powerful on the palate. Exuberant, intense and explosive on the palate with such youthfulness that if tasted blind, no one would guess it to be a 1955. Sweet dried fruits and flowers on the palate with a salinity on the incredibly long finish.

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Origin

Meursault, Burgundy

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