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...of Domaine Leroy used to climb with her late husband Marcel....
...I am a pasta obsessive, and at Leroy it was gorgeously delicate and rolled perfectly thin. I could have eaten another plate of it, or more. A real highlight at Leroy, however, is the drink....
...Meanwhile, Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy in Vosne-Romanée was particularly thrilled with the quality of her 2020 grapes and claims that, thanks to her high-trained, exceptionally leafy vines, none of...
...of retrospective tastings of mature vintages of burgundy, as well as some whites from two great winemakers, Jean-Marie Guffens of Domaine Guffens-Heynen and his negociant business Verget, and Lalou Bize-Leroy...
...Other early adopters were Burgundy’s two most famous women wine producers — Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy and the late Anne-Claude Leflaive of Domaine Leflaive, who tried it out on a failing parcel of...
...And the Leroy, Meursault Perrières had the Chablis-like characteristic of smelling (not unpleasantly) of wet wool....
...Duval-Leroy, Fleur de Champagne Premier Cru NV £18.99 (from £28.99) Waitrose You could (cruelly) argue that this proves that Premier Cru doesn’t necessarily signal superiority in a Champagne, but you couldn...
...Along with the fabulously expensive wines of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Domaine Leroy of Vosne-Romanée, these domaines are the reliable gold standards of the Côte de Nuits, the northern half of the...
...Lalou was able to buy the estate that formed the basis of Domaine Leroy by selling one-third of Maison Leroy to its Japanese importers, luxury storekeepers Takashimaya....
...Jancis’s vintage picks • Billecart Salmon, Cuvée Nicolas François Billecart 2002 • Bollinger, La Grande Année 2005 • Paul Déthune, Grand Cru 2005 • Deutz 2007 • Duval-Leroy Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru...
...Illustration: Ingram Pinn Tasting notes on Jancis Robinson.com Retailers from winesearcher.com To bid for a wine-tasting experience with Jancis Robinson as part of the FT Seasonal Appeal 2015 in aid of...
...Domaines Leroy and Comte Liger-Belair are notable exclusivities in Burgundy, and Blair certainly put in the hours to be appointed joint UK distributor of the Pomerol jewels Château Lafleur and Petrus recently...
...(Even Domaine Leroy chaptalised a little in 2012 – despite an average yield of just 9hl/ha thanks to Lalou Bize-Leroy’s overzealous thinning of buds before flowering.)...
...In 1988 Madame Lalou Bize-Leroy acquired the Charles Noëllat domaine in Vosne-Romanée and set up Domaine Leroy in competition with the world-famous Domaine de la Romanée-Conti whose door she was shown after...
...But sometimes, it will pay you more just to trust your natural talents and be in “your element”, as Sir Ken Robinson states in his book, The Element. 7....
...Christian Pillsbury, who used to work for her, whether he ever managed to fix up appointments at Rayas for his customers and was told: “I was much more willing to set up an appointment with Lalou Bize-Leroy...
...With the small amount of red wine he makes from Santenay and Volnay vines, Pierre-Yves has been experimenting with a hugely labour-intensive method copied from Lalou Bize-Leroy at Domaine Leroy in Vosne-Romanée...
...This all-Chardonnay wine from Duval-Leroy is not the driest but has lots of green-apple freshness....
...Apparently the 2010s of Domaine Leroy have more of it than the 2009s. And Leroy’s Clos Vougeot 2010 in particular is “vy conn ad ar”....
...Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy reported average yields of just 10 hectolitres/hectare in 2010 when the norm for her cosseted biodynamic vineyards is 24....
...This year, Sainsbury’s own label Blanc de Blancs NV Champagne from Duval Leroy was one of my seven favourite wines, but neither bottle opened of the Lanson Black Label NV performed at all well and Domaine...
...He claimed to have discussed this question of excessively low yields with the most famous woman in Burgundy, the biodynamics pioneer Lalou Bize-Leroy of Domaine Leroy....
...divided the significant producers into five categories, from those with a high incidence of this premature oxidation, so-called “premox”, to those such as Coche-Dury, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, Leflaive, Leroy...
.... £23.95 Jeroboams, £25 Majestic Sainsbury’s, Taste the Difference 2004 Champagne Very aggressive and racy Duval-Leroy blend dominated by Chardonnay from some pretty smart villages....
...For tasting notes and scores, see Purple pages of www.jancisrobinson.com More columns at www.ft.com/robinson...
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