2009 Domaine Leroy Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Vignerondes 1er Cru

Very solid depths but lovely round freshness and flirty fruit. Quite advanced on the nose but with some fine tannins on the finish. (JR)

The 2009 Nuits St. Georges Aux Vignerondes comes across as quite shy and introspective. Dark plums, cherries and spices are some of the notes that take shape in the glass. this is a decidedly delicate style for Nuits and today it doesn’t appear the Vignerondes has quite the stuffing to handle the 100% new oak. It is still a beautiful wine, though, and most growers (or consumers!) would be thrilled to have a wine like this in their cellars. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2029. This was my first opportunity to taste the 2009s from Domaine Leroy in bottle. Lalou Bize-Leroy was among the first, if not the first, to bottle her 2009s, so she naturally wanted to give the wines some time to recover before showing them. The wines are stunning. Readers who have an opportunity to taste them should not hesitate. As always, the style is one of textural richness and depth, but the2009s appear to have excellent underlying material as well. The attention to every detail at the Domaine is quite evident in these thrilling wines. My visit ended with a sample of the 2010 Chambertin from barrel. Why not go straight to the top? If that wine is representative of the year, Leroy fans will have another superb vintage to look forward to, although yields will be lower than the already minuscule production. Importer: Martine’s Wines. Novato, CA; tel. (415) 883-040