1996 Pommard, Les Vignots, Domaine Leroy (750ml)

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Vintage: 1996
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Pommard
Vineyard: Les Vignots
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Appellation: Pommard
Producer: Domaine Leroy
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Type: Red
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Cote de Beaune
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Tasting note: Sweet-smelling, with licorice, black cherry and spice that persist, and innate power and concentration despite the massive tannins and dry finish. Excellent. Best after 2000. (88pts. BS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: Sep. 30, 1998
Score: 88
Drink: After 2000

Tasting note: The medium-to-dark ruby-colored Pommard Les Vignots possesses feminine and refined aromas of violets intertwined with sweet red cherries. This seductive, silky-textured, powerful, and opulent wine enthralls with its dried and fresh red fruit flavors as well as its long, luscious, supple tannin-filled finish. Projected maturity: 2000-2009. "There is never any bleeding in my cellars," said Mme. Bize-Leroy just before I gouged myself with my corkscrew, proving her wrong. Of course, she was referring to the winemaking technique of increasing concentration by "bleeding off" the watery juice of a light pressing prior to fermentation, not the results of my battles with her recently bottled wines. As wine lovers have come to expect with every new vintage from this domaine, the 1996 Leroys are extraordinary, benchmark setting wines. This is the only estate I visited whose 1996s were as concentrated as the 1995s, obviously due to the fact that Mme. Bize-Leroy kept her yields exceedingly low (below 25 hectoliters/hectare). These wines will reach their respective peaks sooner than their 1995 counterparts, however, due to their softer tannins and brighter, more forward fruit. (92pts. PR, Wine Advocate)

Tasted: Apr. 1998
Score: 92
Drink: 2000-2009

Tasting note: Tighter nose hints at red fruit and fresh herb notes. Fruity and tight, with sound acidity, yet finer and less hard than normal for this wine. Still, this is rather closed today. Clearly longer than the 3 Follots. (89-92pts. Steven Tanzer)

Tasted: Mar/Apr 1998
Score: 89-92
Drink: N/A