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Domaine Leroy, Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 1996
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Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
This dark-colored wine is stupendous. Its intensely spicy and black cherry-laced nose gives way to a massive, profound, hugely-concentrated, beautifully-extracted, and explosive character. Viscous layers of densely packed blackberries, cassis, and cherries are intermingled with loads of Asian spices and sweet, vanilla-infused oak in this blockbuster's flavor profile. This full-bodied and velvety-textured wine's super-ripe, seductive, and luscious fruit dominate its firm structure, making it appear ready to drink. However, readers wealthy enough to purchase this gem, and patient enough to allow it to evolve, will be treated to a profoundly moving drinking experience. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2012+. Importers: Martine's Wines, Inc., San Rafael, CA; tel (415) 485-1800, and Paterno Imports, Chicago, IL; tel (847) 604-8900.
Reviewed by: William Kelley
After a prolonged slumber, the 1996 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is at last beginning to drink beautifully, wafting from the glass with a captivating bouquet of peonies, exotic spices, plummy fruit tones and ineffable carnal nuances. Full-bodied, velvety and layered, it's deep and concentrated, with its racy, vintage-typical spine of acidity cloaked in fruit. Long, penetrating and sapid, it's a real success that's evolving very gracefully. In fact, I suspect that with further bottle age, the gap between the 1996 and the 1993 and 1999 will narrow.
Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
The saturated ruby/purple-colored 1996 Clos de Vougeot has profound red cherry, rose, raspberry, and cinnamon aromas. Its medium-to-full-bodied, satin-textured personality is highly structured and youthfully firm. This wine's flavor profile is composed of bright black raspberries, cherries, blackberries, and copious spices. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2012+.
About the Producer
Lehua is a top-level famous chateau in Burgundy. It has been able to compete with another top-level chateau in Burgundy, DRC, in just over 30 years since its establishment. Le Hua's products have always been valuable in the market. They have long been frequent buyers of Sotheby's wine auctions, and they are also the dream products of many wine collectors. The vineyards owned by Leroy are distributed in 26 legal production areas, subdivided into 46 sub-vineyards, with a total area of 22 hectares. The annual output of omaine Leroy wines of all levels is only 35,000 to 45,000 bottles.
