Description
After establishing his name by leading Domaine Comte Armand Clos des Epeneaux for eight years, Leroux has started a négociant business in 2007 to make wines under his own label, in a winery that he shares with Dominique Lafon. The Production is very limited and Leroux is determined only to work with vineyards that have been well managed and produce outstanding fruits from interesting and unjustly under rated terroirs. He carefully selects his growers and exerts maximum control over them, converting them as possible to organic and biodynamic practices. His wines are youthful and expressive, it seems that he treats his Generic Bourgogne as if they were Grands Crus, they are precise and poised, well structured with a fruitiness enhanced by a remarkable depth.
Tasting Notes
The 2014 Chambertin Grand Cru, which comes from organic fruit in the heart of the vineyard, demands some coaxing in the glass, but it is worth the wait; there is very detailed, delicate red berry fruit that is so refined and poised. There is lovely purity here. The palate is medium-bodied with fine structure, tight and poised, good density and once it is racked (in two week’s time), it will really flow and gain flesh. There is great potential here.[93-95/100 – Neal Martin – December 2019 – www.robertparker.com]
