Domaine Leroy

Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy, Vosne Les Beaux Monts

By Steen Öhman January 16, 2016 -

There is a lot of focus on Aux Malconsorts, Cros Parantoux and Aux Reignots but Vosne-Romanee 1er cru Les Beaux Monts is perhaps a bit overlooked these days. The lack of attention seems a bit strange and perhaps even unfair - as Les Beaux Monts was very highly regarded in the old …

Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy Richebourg

By Steen Öhman October 11, 2015 -

Domaine Leroy is one of the legendary producers in Burgundy - a Domaine formed and managed by the equally legendary Mme. Lalou Bize-Leroy. The Domaine was shaped in 1988 when Mme Leroy acquired the old Charles Noëllat estate in Vosne-Romanée, and along whith this got sizable plots of both …

Terroir Insight: Domaine Leroy Romanee Saint-Vivant

By Steen Öhman February 1, 2015 -

There are few wines in Burgundy as prestigious as the Grand Crus from Domaine Leroy - they are rare, expensive and often magnificently good. As always the Grand Crus of Vosne are getting much of the attention .. and many speak very enthusiastically about the Romanee Saint-Vivant from Leroy as …

Richebourg – history, plots and owners – new update

By Steen Öhman August 18, 2013 -

Richebourg is a legendary vineyard - and while Romanee-Conti, La Romanee and La Tache are regarded as slightly better, most Burgundy lovers can tell you about a very special moment with a bottle of Richebourg. My Richebourg moment was Henri Jayer Richebourg 1985 - tasted back in 2002 - a …

Romanee-Saint-Vivant – the wines, domaines and negociants

By Steen Öhman January 26, 2013 -

In my first article about the Romanee-Saint-Vivant we uncovered the history of the vineyard ending up with a list of the curent owners of RSV - see the first article about Romanee-Saint-Vivant here. This article is about the wines made from Romanee-Saint-Vivant. First a short aromatic profile of …