2010 Nuits St Georges Les Boudots
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Tasting notes
The 2010 Nuits St. Georges Aux Boudots opens with an intensely spiced bouquet. It boasts considerable energy, with masses of fruit ripping at the seams. The Boudots is a wine of gorgeous contrasts. It is at once fleshy, yet weightless, in the way only Pinot Noir is capable of. Endless layers of aromas and flavors build through to the deeply satisfying finish. Anticipated maturity: 2020-2040. Lalou Bize-Leroy is always among the first growers to bottle, as she was once again in 2010. Therefore, I have chosen to present final, in-bottle reviews of the 2010 reds along with the Domaine Leroy and D’Auvenay 2010 whites. All of the wines came in at or near the top of my barrel scores. Thinking back to the day I tasted the 2010s from barrel in a very empty-looking cellar, I am reminded, that, as elsewhere, the already minuscule quantities of these wines was made even smaller by the mercilessly short crop in 2010. Readers who can find the wines should not hesitate. In this vintage, the Leroy wines are deeply marked by terroir. Although I don’t share all of her views, tasting with Lalou Bize-Leroy is always a fascinating experience, as everything she does is informed by the deepest and most total conviction imaginable. There is no more ardent exponent of the most fundamental of all Burgundian values – the concept of terroir – than Lalou Bize-Leroy. Importer: Martine’s Wines. Novato, CA; tel. (415) 883-040
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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A bit reduced, but racy and polished, and very fine fruit seems to cover the structure here. Explosion of fruit. (JR)
About the producer
For many, Domaine Leroy represents the pinnacle of fine Burgundy. Owned and run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, the domaine in Vosne-Romanée is one strand of the Leroy empire, along with Maison Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay.