1996 Vosne Romanee Les Brulees
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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This dark-colored wine offers fresh and sweet berries, dried fruits, and intense grilled oak aromas. This highly-concentrated, extracted, fresh, juicy, medium-to-full-bodied, and extremely elegant wine offers ripe cherries that seemingly burst on the palate. It is extremely complex, harmonious, and persistent, gorgeously supple, silky, and sexy. It should be at its best between 2003 and 2010. Importers: Martine's Wines, Inc., San Rafael, CA; tel (415) 485-1800, and Paterno Imports, Chicago, IL; tel (847) 604-8900.
Saturated ruby color. Extremely backward on the nose; hints at violet. Then just as stubbornly unforthcoming in the mouth, with dark berry fruit imprisoned by lively acidity and firm tannins. Very young, rather tough and hard to judge. Best today on the very persistent finish, where the black fruit and mineral flavors are easier to see.
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.