France Burgundy Domaine Leroy + Maison LeroyClos Vougeot

1996 Clos Vougeot

Leroy

95Average Score

Burgundy / France

Red

The saturated ruby/purple-colored 1996 Clos de Vougeot has profound red cherry, rose, raspberry, and cinnamon aromas. Its medium-to-full-bodied, satin-textured personality is highly structured and youthfully firm. This wine's flavor profile is composed of bright black raspberries, cherries, blackberries, and copious spices. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2012+. Oct 2000, www.robertparker.com

Pierre Rovani Score: 95/100

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Scores + Notes

Average Score

Pierre RovaniScore: 95/100

About The Producer

The producer

Domaine Leroy + Maison Leroy

In the 1950s, Lalou Bize-Leroy began working for her father’s négociant business Maison Leroy, dedicating her time to studying the vineyards of Burgundy. During this period she developed an encyclopaedic knowledge of the region’s terroir. By 1971 she was the Presidente/Directrice of Maison Leroy, accompanying her father to meetings at Domaine de la Romanée Conti (DRC), an investment her father had made in the 1940s giving him fifty percent ownership of the winery. Three years later Madame Leroy was the co-manager of DRC, where she worked until 1992, raising the status of the domaine to its now astronomical level. However, for reasons that have garnered much speculation, Lalou left DRC and turned her attention solely to her own businesses: Domaine d’Auvenay, Domaine Leroy and the original Maison Leroy.

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Product Details

Country

France

Region

Burgundy

Sub-region

Clos Vougeot

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol %

13%

Product Type

Still wine

Product Subtype

Drinking Window