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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 98/100 · Drink 2025, Allen Meadows, Burghound, Oct 2014

Critic scores

Critic scores
97
97/100

Average Score

97
97/100

David Schildknecht, Vinous

19
19/20

Jancis Robinson MW

More reviews and scores

18.5 points
Jancis Robinson MW
Score 18.5/20 · Drink 2015-2030, Jancis Robinson MW, Aug 2007

This one sings, dances and tells your fortune. Very very bright and jewelly. Really lively burgundy with lots of life and richness though great balance and good acidity. Firm with fine tannins. Definite structure and a hand on your sleeve to stop you drinking this too soon. Very firm and well constructed. (JR)

97 points
David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate
Score 97/100 · David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, Jun 2007

Leroy’s 2005 Romanee-St.-Vivant is improbably dark and deep in color even by her standards, and darkness and depth characterize its personality as well. Clove, cumin, cocoa powder, lily, and black pepper complement a nose of distinctly liqueur-like black fruits. In the mouth, this is liquid velvet. Chocolate-covered black cherries, plum preserves, and truffles are laced with creme de cassis and soy, underlain by a decidedly stony, chalky minerality and a fine but firm web of tannin. By now one realizes that 2005 is an exceptional vintage for this site in and of itself, but one would never confuse the D.R.C. or Potel renditions with this flamboyant, extravagantly-rich version from Leroy. Importer: Martine’s Wines. Novato, CA; tel. (415) 883-0400

95 - 98 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 95-98/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, Mar 2007

Saturated ruby-red. Captivating aromas of maraschino cherry, cocoa powder and rose petal. Dense, chewy and sappy, with explosive, palate-saturating maraschino cherry given grip by a strong core of minerality. Conveys a powerfully tactile impression of extract. Extremely long and chewy on the back end; in fact, one of the longest 2005s I sampled in November. A knockout in the making.

About the producer

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Domaine Leroy

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.

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Product details

Grape Blend

Pinot Noir

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13%

Classification

Grand Cru

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