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These days needs picking very early, which it was, on Friday 1st September. A profound deep purple, with a significant depth of fruit as well. Clearly a good decision to have picked this early as it is fully ripe without being compromised. A little alpine strawberry, with balanced tannins and good l...

Not the deepest in colour, whereas the bouquet is beautifully expressive in a fragrant cherry and raspberry style. The fruit concentrates at the back of the palate and extends beautifully in a fine persistent finish. Drink from 2030-2037. Tasted Oct 2024. 92-94 Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.The...

Fresh mid purple. A little bit of a reductive gaminess, which blows off, though leaving a bit of reductive tension behind, alongside a fine boned but persistent raspberry fruit. Awkward at this stage but should grow from here. Drink from 2030-2037. Tasted Oct 2024. 90-92 Jasper Morris MW, Inside Bur...

From La Croix Blanche in Vosne-Romanée, vinified in the barrel and now bottled in magnum format. Two 500 litre barrels vinified became one in wine. Medium deep purple. More reserved on the nose, and much tighter on the palate but with a sense of nobility, and good tension. Drink from 2027-2030. Tas...

Dense purple. The nose needs freshening up a touch, which will be sorted by a sulphur adjustment. A lovely concentration of fruit on the palate, fleshing out nicely, with a well-constructed finish on gentle tannins. Drink from 2028-2033. Tasted Oct 2024. 89-91 Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.The 2...

Pale lemon yellow. A refined bouquet. You have the impression that this has been fermented with a bevy of little white stones on the palate, dancing towards a dainty finish. Drink from 2029-2033.91-93 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Chassagne-Montrachet Les Baudines 1er Cru has quite a lot of reduction on...

Mid lemon yellow. This is thoroughly opulent, with some tropical fruits, more exotic than peaches. But it is really a lovely wine with also a vibrant energy. The style takes it away from Chassagne typicity, but as long as you know what to expect. Mandarins and kumquat even, plus some yellow peaches...

Leroux now owns a piece of this vineyard on the Chassagne side.Pale lemon and lime. This is a discreet Btard up front, then an oaky one in the middle, finally sublime one with a great deal of energy behind, and some fresh lime notes mixed in with golden fruit. Heading in a very good direction, by th...

Pale in colour. The bouquet shows much more apple than citrus. Good yield here. On the palate the fruit is that much riper, the apples being joined by some plums and a suggestion of peach. Acidity is fully folded into the fruit, in a pleasingly long finish. Drink from 2027-2030.88-90 Jasper Morris M...

One third whole bunch, with enough fruit to make one 456-litre barrel. The nose is discreet but refined. Lifted raspberries, only very slightly peppery, it is the fruit which leads the way. A stylish, lighter bodied Cazetiers. Drink from 2030-2035.90-92 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Gevrey-Chambertin Caz...

The 2024 Echézeaux Grand Cru has a lovely bouquet with pure redcurrant and wild cherry fruit, wilted rose petals and crushed stone. The palate is very well balanced with satin-textured tannins, impressive depth and a poised finish. Leroux only made one Côte de Nuits Grand Cru in 2024 - but it's a...

The largest part from around Meursault. Mainly foudres for elevage but testing a few wineglobes too.Pale lemon yellow. Gentle chardonnay fruit on the nose, a little more citrus on the palate, middleweight and length. Drink from 2027-2029.86-87 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Bourgogne Blanc is 100% from th...

Mostly sourced from below Pommard and Volnay, with some Monthelie grapes. A medium ruby red. Abundant cherries on the nose. Quite perfumed even on the palate, with a firmer structure behind. This has been racked to tank. Drink from 2027-2029.86-88 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Bourgogne Rouge, which come...

East facing high on slope.The 2024 Blagny la Piece Sous Le Bois 1er Cru is usually one of Leroux's strongest cuvées and in this vintage that viewpoint is unchanged: plenty of tightly wound brambly red fruit on the nose, showing more vigour than the Beaune Cents-Vignes before it. The palate is mediu...

Fine ruby colour with the most deliciously elegant Volnay nose, very graceful cherry with floral top notes, and a long finish. Fine boned, modest depth perhaps but a joy to drink. From Petits and Grands Poisots. Drink from 2028-2032.89-91 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Volnay Village has a fragrant bouque...

Ben felt comfortable in using a third whole bunches here. Great looking grapes from just 15 hl/ha, he tells me. Tiny bunches. A healthy ruby purple. The bouquet has a very sensual, even velvety red fruit, with a fresh burst of white pepper. This works absolutely beautifully, with the stems adding gr...

One barrel only, with 80% whole bunches. Another engaging purple colour, and while the stems are present so too is the darker raspberry fruit. There is plenty on the palate of both aspects, to make a successful Caillerets. Drink from 2030-2035.91-93 Jasper Morris MWThe 2024 Volnay Les Caillerets 1er...

Fine mid purple. A very lively nose, integrating the style of upper Rugiens with 50% whole bunches. Floral, vigorous, peppery from the stems, with a fine and elegant red fruit including alpine strawberry. The stems will need to calm a little at the finish, but I think this will happen. It is certain...

One barrel from 0.80ha. A more normal purple and a touch of oak on the nose, but this is super-concentrated too. Waves of dark red fruit flow across the palate, and with very good acidity too. This is more in the line of a standard vintage but with extra concentration. Drink from 2032-2038.92-94 Jas...

All the village plots assembled, with Champeaux and Charmes-Chambertin thrown in. Fresh ruby purple. A little whole bunch is not evident on the nose which has a light chocolate overlay to the strawberry and raspberry fruit. Builds well across the palate to a structured finish. Drink from 2029-2034.8...