2009 Domaine Leroy Les Narbantons, Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru, France 750ml

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Cote de Beaune / Savigny-les-Beaune / Savigny-les-Beaune Premier Cru / Savigny-les-Beaune Les Narbantons

Grape/Blend

Pinot Noir

Pairing

Duck, Goose and Game Birds

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Tasting notes

This is unusually elegant and while ripe, it's less overtly so than most of the wines in the Leroy range. An admirably pure and almost airy nose of raspberry and wild red berry liqueur aromas marries into detailed, intense and energetic flavors that culminate in a dusty, firm and linear finish that delivers simply incredible length, particularly for a Savigny. Like the Fremières, this is a genuinely remarkable effort.

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Producer

Domaine Leroy

François LEROY, winemaker, owner of vines at Auxey-Duresses (also where he lived). In addition, he owned vines at Meursault, Pommard, Chambertin, Musigny, Clos Vougeot, and Richebourg. At this time he sold his wines through Comptoir des Proprietaires de la Cote-d’Or, in Beaune, as evidenced by a document listing prices dating from 1851, which quoted prices of his Richebourgs and Musignys. As he wished to enlarge his business, he founded Maison Leroy in 1868. Francois Leroy’s son, Joseph Leroy, with the intelligent assistance of his wife, Louise CURTELEY, considerably enlarged the small ...

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