Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Bourgogne Rouge
Ah Leroy. One of the great Burgundy producers (or so I am told). This wine was of particular interest for 3 reasons: (1) the Bourgogne AC is the region's most basic, (2) it's 8 years old and (3) it ain't cheap at $57 retail.
This is a very solid wine, not spectacular, but if this is the bottom of the pecking order for Leroy I'd love to try a premier or grand cru one day. Unique nose of perfumed, flowery cherry fruits. Aromas are very well structured and are very appealing. Palate does an about face on the nose; firm darker red fruits, plenty of typical minerally zingy acid, mineral and talcum powder flavours (a red coloured riesling perhaps?), wrapped up softly with the fainest of pongy edges. Unyielding in some respects given the lack of 'fruity' fruit but structurally it finishes long and doesn't look tied (to my tastes). Not a wine for the unsuspecting and to be fair doesn't really aspire to any value for the rank and file pinot drinker.
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