2007 Domaine Leroy, Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru, Bottle (750ml)

RP 94 "The Leroy 2006 Latricieres Chambertin smells of peat, soy, game, and bloody meat juices, which figure on a palate of compressed intensity. Talk about ?blood of the stones? ? this seems to epitomize that phrase, although some of the iron-rich, corpuscular, animal variety is flowing through its veins as well. The presence of tart red berry concentrate seems almost incidental in the present context. A sort of sepulchral depth and stony fundament lend this severely palate-staining Pinot an aura of mystery. But it isn?t a charmer, and in its present state one imagines a vampire would find it more enticing than would a normal pinotphile. The sense of awed anticipation ? of what this might become in 10-20 years ? is its greatest attraction, in which respect, too, it is singular among 2007s." (June 2010)
Domaine Leroy, Latricieres-Chambertin Grand Cru