Domaine Leroy "Once in a Lifetime" Burgundy Wine Tasting Saturday March 30th 7:30pm and all the DRC in the store on SALE!!
When it comes to wine, I tell people to throw away the vintage charts and invest in a corkscrew. The best way to learn about wine is the drinking.
-Alexis Lichine
And if you want to learn about the best wines in Burgundy you need to invest in this tasting! We have hosted several tastings in the past featuring the wines of Domaine Leroy but none this extensive. These wines were all purchased upon release directly from the US importer, the best case scenario in terms of provenance and the total price tag of all the wines on the table tonight according to the winesearcher average is over $70,000!
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $7500 + tax, there are only 12 seats available for this tasting. For reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions and chef Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.
LEROY BURGUNDY TASTING
Saturday, March 30th
7:30 PM
Village
1989 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots
1996 Domaine Leroy Nuits St. Georges Aux Lavières
1996 Domaine Leroy Vosne Romanee Les Genaivrieres
2005 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots
Premiers Crus
1997 Domaine Leroy Nuits St. Georges Les Boudots
1998 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanée Les Beaux Monts
2003 Domaine Leroy Nuits St. Georges Les Boudots
2005 Domaine Leroy Savigny-les-Beaune Les Narbantons
Grands Crus
1996 Domaine Leroy Romanee St. Vivant
1997 Domaine Leroy Corton Renardes
2002 Domaine Leroy Clos de Vougeot
2003 Domaine Leroy Chambertin
Dessert
1988 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes
The fee for this tasting which includes dinner is $7500.00 + tax, for reservations call 954=523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com. Please let us know when you make your reservations if you have any dietary restrictions and chefs Toni and Dani will be happy to accommodate you.
One of the Greatest Producers in the World
My love for Burgundy becomes greater with every bottle that I open and I have been opening a lot of Burgundy lately. Leroy is considered the best of the best as far as Burgundy is considered and this is the first time that I have been able to offer a comprehensive list of wines from this Maison/Domaine. We have the very first vintage of the Domaine wines on this offering from the 1988 vintage as well as a good selection of Maison offerings. The Maison offering are from some of the best vineyards in Burgundy and have been brought through elevage and have been cellared with meticulous care giving you a wine that has been cared for perfectly until it arrives to your cellar.
Here is what a few of the critics have said about Leroy:
"In her wines, Lalou seeks a magnified delineation of flavors. Each wine offers a kaleidoscope of sensation, each of which is distinct from the other with no blurring or muddiness. Because of this, it is virtually impossible to mistake one vineyard for another in a Domaine Leroy wine. Lalou seeks a degree of purity, allied to extraordinary concentration, that is almost unmatched by any other producer." - Matt Kramer, LA Times
"Her wines are exactly what they should be as expressions of the terroirs from which they come." - Robert Finigan
"I have said it so many times that it may seem redundant, but " let me repeat it- Lalou Bize-Leroy stands alone at the top of Burgundy’s quality hierarchy. Because she is a perfectionist, and because she has the courage to produce wines from low yield and bottle them naturally, without fining or filtration." - Robert Parker
A bit of History about Maison/Domaine Leroy:
More than a century ago, in 1868, Francois Leroy founded Maison Leroy in Auxey-Duresses, a small village in Burgundy near Meursault. Throughout the years, Leroy has remained a traditional family business. LaLou Bize-Leroy joined the family business in 1955. With great devotion and a lot of work, through constant tastings, she undertook to understand the essential characteristics of each terroir from each vineyard of Burgundy. For Leroy she searches unceasingly to purchase the best.
As a result Leroy cellars a prestigious inventory, which led Jacques Puisais, famous oenologist and great connoisseur, to write "here we are at the Louvre Museum . These are cultural moments about wine and its language. It is a place of reference for great works of the vine." Additionally, Leroy was the distributor of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti wines until January 1st 1992. The Leroy family still owns 50% of the shares.
The wines of Domaine Leroy are produced through the bio-dynamic method. This method prohibits the use of all chemicals, including weed killers, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, moreover it reintroduces the importance of the knowledge of the earth’s cycles and essential cosmic rhythms throughout the year. In short, every effort is made to extract the quintessence from the grapes.
Average prices of the wines in this tasting
1989 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 2,629 / 750ml
1996 Domaine Leroy Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Lavieres
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 4,940 / 750ml
1996 Domaine Leroy Vosne-Romanee Les Genaivrieres
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 2,904 / 750m
2005 Domaine Leroy Pommard Les Vignots
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 5,441 / 750ml
1997 Domaine Leroy Les Boudots Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 4,096 / 750ml
1998 Domaine Leroy Les Beaux Monts Vosne-Romanee Premier Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 3,273 / 750ml
2003 Domaine Leroy Les Boudots Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 5,111 / 750ml
Domaine Leroy Les Narbantons Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 4,822 / 750ml
1996 Domaine Leroy Romanee-Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 8,693 / 750ml
1997 Domaine Leroy Corton-Renardes Grand Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 2,856 / 750ml
2002 Domaine Leroy Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 7,058 / 750ml
2003 Domaine Leroy Chambertin Grand Cru
Most Recent Global Avg Price (ex-tax) $ 18,610 / 750ml
We don’t have any Domaine Leroy wines to sell but we do have an incredible collection of wines from another domaine that LaLou Bize-Leroy co-owns called Domaine de la Romanee Conti.
This may be the best investment that you can make with your dollars right now- Blue Chip Burgundy at the cheapest price in the country.
Probably one of the most sought-after wines by collectors of fine Burgundies are the wines of Domaine De La Romanée Conti (also called simply DRC). They carry a sort of mystique about them that you only find in collectibles such as a Picasso, or a Rembrant- things that only an elite few can afford to own and even fewer really appreciate.
Consider, for example, the significance of that crisp, fall day in 1241 when the landscape was red with the color of wine, and the air was laden with the smell of it. The monks gathered in their Abbey at the Vosne and decided to sell the vineyard of Romanée-Conti. They had owned it for almost 200 years and it was a monumental event when it returned to private hands. Over the ensuing centuries, inheritance laws and the wave of anti-clericism that followed the French Revolution caused the great growths of Burgundy to be divided into a thousand meager plots. So sacred was the vineyard of Romanée-Conti, that it never once sub-divided through nine changes of ownership.
The vineyard was once called La Romanée until it was purchased by the Prince de Conti in 1760. De Conti acquired the vineyard only after a great struggle. The other contestant was King Louis the Fourteenth’s mistress, Madame de Pompadour. The prince held a banquet to celebrate the acquisition; underscoring the significance of the event was the fact that it was attended by figures such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau; even a very young Mozart was there to play the harpsichord. When the Conti fled France during the revolution, Romanée-Conti changed hands several more times – among its owners was Napoleon’s banker.
Today’s proprietors, the Leroys and the De Villaines, have run the Domaine jointly since 1942. After an emotional power struggle, Aubert De Villaine, who has co-managed the Domaine for 19 years, has emerged from the shadows of the ubiquitous and flamboyant Madame Bize Leroy (who was booted out by the De Villaines and other members of the Leroy family for alleged conflicts of interest).
Many critics, in describing these wines, talk of the continuity of house style and the winemaking genius of the Domaine. The quietly purposeful Aubert De Villaine takes a little credit for the greatness of these wines. He speaks of the “genius of the terroir” and of the Domaine’s efforts to keep the winemaking as simple and natural as possible. American viticulturists may think they have a corner on organic farming, but De Villaine notes that the Domaine’s wines are 100 percent organic. There are no sprays or pesticides used in the vineyard. Although De Villaine pays homage to technology and talks of clonal research, he stresses that everything is done to ensure as little manipulation of the wine is done as possible. Except for the 100 percent new oak, which is used with every one of the Domaine’s wines and the fact that as of 1995 the wines are no longer bottled by barrel (which critics claimed caused bottle variation), one gets the impression that things are done much in the same manner as they were 100 years ago. De Villaine is succinct: “There is more to be learned in what not to do than there is in what to do. Nothing is more difficult than to be simple”.
There are some wine writers that feel there is somewhat of a secret when it comes to the wines of this fabled estate. Robert Parker of The Wine Advocate has stated that the Domaine’s use of lightly toasted François Frères barrels (the preferred source for most of the great estates of the Côte d’Or), which are air dried for three years prior to use, could have something to do with it. However, Bernard Noblet, the cellar master, has assured that they are neither steam cleaned nor are they rubbed with any special ointments as speculation has suggested.
La Tâche is entirely owned by Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, a fact that makes it a "monopole." The domaine has exclusive rights on a second vineyard -- the grand cru Romanee-Conti itself. It's almost joined at the hip with La Tache; they are within a stone's throw of one another. And just like the great grands crus from the Côte d'Or, Burgundy's "golden slope," both vineyards are well-drained and exposed to the east-southeast; both tilt down gently on the hillside toward the stone walls surrounding Vosne-Romanee. This village lies in the center of the Cote de Nuits, and its grands crus are the sirloin cut of red Burgundy country: no sinewy tannins, just a marbling of smooth texture. The wines made here are famous for their spicy, perfumy nose, highlighted by cinnamon and earthy notes that rely more on spices than red or black fruits.
1989 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ASSORTMENT CASE, COTE DE NUITS, FRANCE OWC
Price: $125000.00 Sale Price: $89000.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
This mixed case of DRC was purchased upon release through the US importer, the bottles are all in perfect condition and we have photos available of each bottle upon request. The case contains : 3 – La Tache, 3- Romanee St. Vivant, 2- Echezeaux, 1- Grands Echezeaux, 2- Richebourg and 1 Romanee conti
2020 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-Conti Grand Cru Cote de Nuits OWC (3 Pack)
Price: $89,000.00 Your Price: $78,500.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(100 Points) "The 2020 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru is a wine of real grace and purity. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of raspberries and blackberries mingled with sweet spices, violets, peonies and a subtle hint of wintergreen, it's full-bodied, ample and satiny, with terrific concentration and a suave, seamless, layered profile, gliding over the palate. It's as intensely flavorful as the more muscular, broader-shouldered La Tâche, but it's more elegant and sensual. It's also the wine in the cellar that's the least marked by the style of the vintage." WK for Wine Advocate Jan 2023
2020 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $25,000.00 Your Price: $21,250.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
La Tâche is entirely owned by Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, a fact that makes it a "monopole." The domaine has exclusive rights on a second vineyard -- the grand cru Romanee-Conti itself. It's almost joined at the hip with La Tache; they are within a stone's throw of one another. And just like the great grands crus from the Côte d'Or, Burgundy's "golden slope," both vineyards are well-drained and exposed to the east-southeast; both tilt down gently on the hillside toward the stone walls surrounding Vosne-Romanee. This village lies in the center of the Cote de Nuits, and its grands crus are the sirloin cut of red Burgundy country: no sinewy tannins, just a marbling of smooth texture. The wines made here are famous for their spicy, perfumy nose, highlighted by cinnamon and earthy notes that rely more on spices than red or black fruits.
2020 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $3500.00 Your Price: $2975.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
(97 points) The 2020 Grands Échézeaux Grand Cru is a striking young wine, offering up aromas of mulberries and cassis mingled with orange zest, exotic spices and rose petals. Full-bodied, seamless and complete, with an immensely layered, fleshy palate, it concludes with a long, penetrating, saline finish. Such is its fruit concentration that its rich, powdery tannins are almost imperceptible. Over the last decade, the Grands-Échézeaux has tended to take a back seat to the Romanée-Saint-Vivant and Richebourg, but that certainly isn't the case in 2020.(WK) (1/2023) Wine Advocate
2020 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ROMANEE SAINT VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $3950.00 Your Price: $3357.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
"Wafting from the glass with aromas of dark wild berries, rose petals, violets, sweet spices and hints of cracked pepper, the 2020 Romanée-St-Vivant Grand Cru is full-bodied, layered and intense, with a beautifully pure, vibrant core of strikingly concentrated fruit, concluding with a long, resonant finish. More tightly wound than the Grands-Échézeaux, it will demand some patience.
Aubert de Villaine had been barely able to contain his enthusiasm for the 2020 vintage when I saw him last year, and looking at the 2020s from bottle with Perrine Fenal at the domaine this year only confirmed why. This is a striking vintage for the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, which is both very stylistically distinctive—and in that sense, even a little atypical—but which also shows the estate's different terroirs very clearly. The 2020s aren't as sensual and red-fruited as the 2019s; they're deeper-pitched and spicier in profile and will demand more patience, even if both vintages are likely to prove similarly long-lived. The domaine's white wines are also especially successful this year. I've also included tasting notes on the nascent 2021s from barrel, but it's the in-bottle notes, tasted at the domaine in ideal conditions, that are as ever the most important commentaries on each vintage." Notes from William Kelley (Wine Advocate)
2019 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU COTE DE BEAUNE FRANCE
Price: $9950.00 Your Price: $8457.50 Quantity in Stock: 1
(95 Points) "The 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is the debut release of this new cuvée from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, produced from almost three hectares of vineyards, in the communes of Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses, that have been leased from Bonneau du Martray since November 2018. Unfurling in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, pear and preserved peaches mingled with wheat toast, sesame oil, vanilla pod, beeswax and smoke, it's full-bodied, rich and textural, with a ripe, enveloping core of fruit that's framed by lively acids and chalky structuring extract. Concluding with a long, saline finish, it reflects the domaine's vision for Chardonnay—picked at full maturity, in a powerful, gastronomic style—while remaining more tightly coiled and mineral in style than its Montrachet stablemate." - William Kelley, robertparker.com (Jan 20, 2022)
2014 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-Conti Grand Cru Cote de Nuits Magnum
Price: $59,000.00 Your Price: $49,500.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
(97 points) The 2014 Romanée-Conti Grand Cru was picked on 19 September, cropped at 32.6 hectoliters per hectare and bottled on 25 and 26 April 2016. I remember tasting this from barrel, thinking how taciturn it was, before coaxing out those subtle tertiary aromas. Here it remains bashful once more, however, it soon begins to open and deliver the ethereal, mineral-infused red fruit. It is almost conservative compared to the more multi-faceted 2014 La Tâche. This is precise and detailed, not inclined to deliver aromatic "thrills" at such an early juncture. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, perfectly judged acidity, perhaps fuller in the mouth than the 2013 Romanée-Conti, with volume and grip towards the finish. Paradoxically, it is also a discrete wine, quite linear and maybe without the sustained persistence that elevates the La Tâche. You could sum up this Romanée-Conti in three words: precision, precision, precision. (NM) (2/2017) Wine Advocate
2012 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $4500.00 Your Price: $3825.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
The 2012 Grands Echezeaux was picked on September 22, 24 and 25, at 27 hectoliters per hectare. Compared to the Echezeaux the nose is more demure, perhaps more refined, does not feel the urge to "put it all out" as it were. Reticent is the word - yet the precision and delineation is undeniable. The palate is medium-bodied with very supple tannin, here a mixture of red and black fruit, a little broodier and more introspective than its "cousin" but with greater persistence in the mouth. It unfurls on the finish: hints of dry tobacco and cedar, leaving you with the impression of a "masculine" Grands Echezeaux, one built for the long haul. 987 cases produced.
2011 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $5100.00 Sale Price: $4305.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(96 points) A wine of pure silkiness, finesse and lyric beauty, the 2011 Romanée St.-Vivant graces the palate with dried rose petals, mint, violets and bright red berries, all supported by super-polished, crystalline tannins. Cool veins of underlying minerality support the precise, articulate finish. The 2011 is an introspective Burgundy built for the cellar, but it is drop-dead gorgeous. (AG) (3/2014) Vinous
2010 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $5500.00 Sale Price: $4620.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(96 points) This is the second time that I have tasted the 2010 Grands Echézeaux Grand Cru from bottle from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, and it was a wine that prompted a table of mature Pinot aficionadoes to remark upon the joys of infanticide. This is just a fantastic wine from the domaine. The nose is heavenly with its exquisite delineation, the fruit maybe a touch darker and earthier than a couple of years ago -- yet still with subtle woodland/sous-bois aromas and a hint of morels. The palate is wonderfully defined, so fresh and precise with filigree tannin. Yet there is great backbone to this wine, a framework that imparts a sense of symmetry that is totally disarming. Of course, readers should afford this magnificent wine a decade in the cellar...unless by complete accident a corkscrew falls into the cork and twists around until the cork pops out. Then you will have to drink it. (NM) (12/2015) Wine Advocate
2009 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $5100.00 Sale Price: $4305.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2009 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
Price: $6600.00 Sale Price: $5605.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2008 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
Price: $6500.00 Sale Price: $5225.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2008 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $5700.00 Sale Price: $4805.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2005 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $6150.00 Sale Price: $5205.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2004 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU, COTE DE NUITS MAGNUM
Price: $10500.00 Sale Price: $7999.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2003 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $19500.00 Your Price: $16575.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2003 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
Price: $5200.00 Sale Price: $4405.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
2002 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $6950.00 Sale Price: $5905.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2002 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
Price: $7800.00 Sale Price: $6605.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2001 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $5500.00 Sale Price: $4605.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1999 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU
Price: $7600.00 Sale Price: $6405.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1999 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE-SAINT-VIVANT GRAND CRU
Price: $5900.00 Sale Price: $5005.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
1996 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI ROMANÉE-CONTI
Price: $27500.00 Your Price: $23375.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1995 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ROMANEE CONTI GRAND CRU
Price: $29750.00 Your Price: $25287.50 Quantity in Stock: 1
1995 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU
Price: $8500.00 Your Price: $7225.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1990 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU
Price: $12500.00 Your Price: $10625.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1990 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU MONOPOLE COTE DE NUITS
Price: $12500.00 Sale Price: $8000.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1990 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU, COTE DE NUITS
Price: $5000.00 Sale Price: $4000.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1988 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI GRANDS ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU
Price: $4900.00 Sale Price: $3500.00 Quantity in Stock: 25
1988 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ECHEZEAUX GRAND CRU, COTE DE NUITS
Price: $4500.00 Sale Price: $3250.00 Quantity in Stock: 11
1988 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI RICHEBOURG GRAND CRU, COTE DE NUITS
Price: $5500.00 Sale Price: $4500.00 Quantity in Stock: 9
1983 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ROMANEE CONTI GRAND CRU MONOPOLE
Price: $28500.00 Your Price: $24225.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1976 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI LA TACHE GRAND CRU
Price: $9950.00 Your Price: $8457.50 Quantity in Stock: 2
1964 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE-CONTI ROMANEE CONTI GRAND CRU MONOPOLE COTE DE NUITS, FRANCE
List Price: $25000.00 Sale Price: $12500.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1964 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANEE CONTI ROMANEE CONTI GRAND CRU
Price: $22500.00 Sale Price: $17500.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1958 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI LA TÂCHE GRAND CRU
Price: $10000.00 Sale Price: $4500.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
1958 DOMAINE DE LA ROMANÉE-CONTI LA TÂCHE GRAND CRU
Price: $10000.00 Sale Price: $3500.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
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