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Maison Leroy Echezeaux Grand Cru 1966 (1 x 750mL), France. Cork.

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Maison Leroy Echezeaux Grand Cru 1966 (1

  1. Maison Leroy Echezeaux Grand Cru 1966 (1 x 750mL), France. Cork.
  2. Maison Leroy Echezeaux Grand Cru 1966 (1 x 750mL), France. Cork.
  3. Maison Leroy Echezeaux Grand Cru 1966 (1 x 750mL), France. Cork.

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The wine-growing village of Flagey-Echezeaux lies in the " Plain ", so-called, between Vougeot and Vosne-Romanee in the Cote de Nuits. Facing east, the Grands-Echezeaux vines are a prolongation of Musigny following the North-South axis of the C8te, but more regular and less broken in their layout. At the bottom end, the " Climat " known as La Combe d'Orveau separates them from Musigny. The Echezeaux vineyards, for their part, divide the Clos de Vougeot from the Premier Cru vines of Vosne-Romanee.

Grands-Echezeaux and Echezeaux both date their Grands Crus AOCs from July 31, 1937. Like the Clos de Vougeot (from which they are separated only by a wall), they were founded by the monks of the abbey of Citeaux and date from the 12th and 13th centuries. Their name derives from chesaux, a word of Gallo-Roman origin meaning a group of dwellings, presumably referring to an ancient hamlet.

Belonging geologically to the Jurassic (175 million years BC), the GrandsEchezeaux vineyards are fairly homogeneous and lie close to the upper part of the Clos de Vougeot. Gradient: 3-4%. Soil: clay-limestone overlying Bajocien limestone. Altitudes: 250 metres. The Echezeaux Climats have more diverse soils (largely bajocien marls with pebbly overlay). Altitudes vary from 230 to a little over 300 metres (13% gradient at mid-slope). Up-slope, the soil is deep (70-80 cm). Gravels, red alluvium, yellowish marl, etc., make up quite a complex mosaic.

Region:
FRA - Burgundy
State:
Imported
Country:
France

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Red: its colour is ruby, shading towards the darker tones of magenta and purple. Its bouquet is redolent of animal, spice notes, underbrush, and prune, evolving with age towards musk, leather, fur and mushroom. When young, its aromas suggest rose, violet and fresh cherry. On the palate, there is a heightened attack and an agreeable balance between supple tannins and fully-rounded flavour. The dense texture and tight grain of these wines fully open after 4-5 years in the cellar.

Wines so powerful and full demand to be matched with dishes of the same calibre. Virile, four-sided tannins cry out for roast lamb, rib steak, or joints of game. Autumn and winter dishes in the right setting match the profound and meaty personality of these great wines : braised beef or pork, for example, or any other good red meat. Fine, whole-milk, soft-centred cheeses will also do them proud.

Serving temperature : 15 to 16 °C.

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Famous name in French wine, not just because Baron le Roy of châteauneuf-du-pape was instrumental in the development of the appellation contrôlée system, but also in the côte d'or. The négociant house Maison Leroy was founded in the small village of Auxey-Duresses in 1868 and its extensive warehouses there still house substantial stocks of fine, mature burgundy. Henri Leroy joined the family firm in 1919 and made his fortune exporting fortified wine from the Charentes to Germany between the two World Wars. This enabled him to buy a half share in the world-famous domaine de la romanée-conti (DRC), a share inherited equally by his two daughters Pauline Roch-Leroy and Lalou Bize-Leroy on his death in 1980.

Lalou, a prodigious taster, rock climber, and glamorous dresser, had been co-director of the Domaine since 1975 and contributed considerably to its wine-making policy of quality above all. She also ran Maison Leroy, but Burgundy's steady move towards domaine bottling made her job of buying the finest raw materials for her négociant skills of élevage increasingly difficult. In 1988, helped by an £8 million investment from her Japanese importers Takashimaya, she succeeded in buying the Domaine Noëllat of vosne-romanée, an already fine canvas on which to paint her vision of the perfect domaine, soon renamed Domaine Leroy. This domaine now comprises more than 22 ha/54 acres of some of the Côte d'Or's finest vineyards, including a total of nearly 7 ha in nine different grands crus.

This effectively entailed setting up in competition with DRC, since the Domaine Leroy is based in the same village and, like DRC, has holdings in the grand cru richebourg. Unfettered by the commercial considerations of the dozen or so shareholders in DRC, Lalou was able to institute fully biodynamic viticulture, almost uneconomically low yields, and to invest in every possible wine-making luxury. The wines, which come from a much broader range of (mainly red wine) appellations than those of DRC, are extremely concentrated, expressing as definitively as possible their exact geographical provenance, as well as considerable oak sometimes.

Independently of her sister Pauline, Lalou owns the Domaine d'Auvenay, another biodynamically farmed enterprise founded in 1988, with total holdings of around 4 ha, including small plots in four different grands crus.

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Other Information

  • 1966 vintage
  • 1 x 750mL Bottle
  • FRA - Burgundy, Imported
  • Cork closure
  • Cellared

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