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1999 Domaine Leroy Corton-Renardes - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton Grand Cru (3/15/2012)
This is a glorious treat of a wine. Bright red cherry color. A nose that draws you in and takes you away to Pinot paradise. Glorious notes of red cherry, violet, spice, minerals, and a lurking, complex earthy note. Any description simply doesn’t do justice to how the bouquet of this wine, which unquestionably shows the simultaneous power and finesse of Pinot Noir at its best. In the mouth, the intensity and power of the wine is striking, yet it boggles the mind how elegant and balanced it remains. The red cherry fruit explodes on the palate, and there’s a way in which it’s completely dominant in the wine because it is so pure and so delightful, but that would give a wine of this magnitude short-schrift. The violet, earth, and mineral notes are the adrenaline of this wine, and it gives it that uncanny power that leaves the impression that drinking this is an intense experience. What a wine – that’s only enhanced by the finish, which sails on and delightfully provides a coda of each aspect of this glorious treat. A+
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