Maison Leroy, Cote de Nuits-Villages 2009

Maison Leroy is the négociant arm of Lalou Bize-Leroy's Burgundy business, based in Auxey-Duresses, where the house was founded in 1868. Its bottlings come from the house's extensive reserves: each year Bize-Leroy hand-selects an annual collection, releasing wines only when she judges them ready to drink. Alongside it, Domaine Leroy bottles wines from its own vineyards, expanded in 1988 with Charles Noëllat's Vosne-Romanée holdings; it farms some 22–23 ha biodynamically, with grands crus such as Chambertin, Musigny, Richebourg and Romanée-St-Vivant, and makes about 40,000 bottles a year. Wine Spectator found its Chambertin combined power and finesse, and its Romanée-St-Vivant ethereal and floral.

Region

Burgundy (Auxey-Duresses base; Vosne-Romanée domaine)

Owner

Lalou Bize-Leroy

Vineyards

Domaine Leroy about 22–23 ha incl. Chambertin, Musigny, Richebourg, Clos de Vougeot, Romanée-St-Vivant, Clos de la Roche, Corton-Charlemagne

Wines

Maison Leroy négociant bottlings released when ready to drink; Domaine Leroy estate wines

Style

Biodynamic farming, certified by Ecocert

Sources: Wikipedia, frw.co.uk, winespectator.com