6 bottles per lot
细节
LEROY
Domaine Leroy is the creation of one of the most determined, dynamic and passionate Burgundians, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy. For many years co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, she created her own Domaine from 1988, with purchases of Richebourg, Chambertin, Romanée-Saint-Vivant and a further 50 acres of Burgundy's greatest terroirs. She rapidly pioneered cultivating her vineyards organically and bio-dynamically. She championed low yields and a ruthless pursuit of the highest quality. American wine lovers were the first to recognise and embrace her wines, and the greatest of her bottlings have consistently come to the finest collections in the USA. The wines come from some of Burgundy's rarest, greatest localities. They have saturated, purple-garnet colours in youth, and are striking for thecrystal clarity of their expression of Pinot Noir aromas. Red fruits mingle with spiciness, clean earth, forest floor, liquorice - in tumbling complexities, as the wines evolve with bottle-age. On the palate, there is structure without excess, dense fruit, purity of expression, subtle management of tannins and extraordinary length of flavour. From a standing start a mere 15 years ago, this Domaine was immediately able to command prices alongside the most legendary of Burgundy's bottlings. The consistency of Madame Bize-Leroy's wine-making throughout this recent, Golden Decade for Burgundy, has been exceptional.
A.H.
Chambertin--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Levels: Five 2.5cm, one 3.5cm; slightly torn labels, lightly corroded capsule, signs of seepage
"This was a much better bottle than the one I had at the huge Chambertin tasting in October of 2002. Explosively fresh and nuanced red fruit aromas cut with earth and underbrush lead to relatively fine, intense and focused flavors of real breed and class, not to mention impressive length. I very much like the style here and while this is by no means a big Chambertin, it is very pretty and elegant. Enjoyable now as it has softened nicely but it will continue to hold well if stored properly. Another recent bottle was amazingly tannic and did not drink at all like an '85 though it was impressively vibrant in a burly, almost inelegant fashion." BH, Sep. 2, 2005
6 bottles per lot
Domaine Leroy is the creation of one of the most determined, dynamic and passionate Burgundians, Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy. For many years co-director of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, she created her own Domaine from 1988, with purchases of Richebourg, Chambertin, Romanée-Saint-Vivant and a further 50 acres of Burgundy's greatest terroirs. She rapidly pioneered cultivating her vineyards organically and bio-dynamically. She championed low yields and a ruthless pursuit of the highest quality. American wine lovers were the first to recognise and embrace her wines, and the greatest of her bottlings have consistently come to the finest collections in the USA. The wines come from some of Burgundy's rarest, greatest localities. They have saturated, purple-garnet colours in youth, and are striking for thecrystal clarity of their expression of Pinot Noir aromas. Red fruits mingle with spiciness, clean earth, forest floor, liquorice - in tumbling complexities, as the wines evolve with bottle-age. On the palate, there is structure without excess, dense fruit, purity of expression, subtle management of tannins and extraordinary length of flavour. From a standing start a mere 15 years ago, this Domaine was immediately able to command prices alongside the most legendary of Burgundy's bottlings. The consistency of Madame Bize-Leroy's wine-making throughout this recent, Golden Decade for Burgundy, has been exceptional.
A.H.
Chambertin--Vintage 1985
Côte de Nuits, Leroy
Levels: Five 2.5cm, one 3.5cm; slightly torn labels, lightly corroded capsule, signs of seepage
"This was a much better bottle than the one I had at the huge Chambertin tasting in October of 2002. Explosively fresh and nuanced red fruit aromas cut with earth and underbrush lead to relatively fine, intense and focused flavors of real breed and class, not to mention impressive length. I very much like the style here and while this is by no means a big Chambertin, it is very pretty and elegant. Enjoyable now as it has softened nicely but it will continue to hold well if stored properly. Another recent bottle was amazingly tannic and did not drink at all like an '85 though it was impressively vibrant in a burly, almost inelegant fashion." BH, Sep. 2, 2005
6 bottles per lot