Richard Leroy, Noels Montbenault, VdF

Richard Leroy · Default Region (FR) › France

White · Chenin Blanc
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LWIN 1678215
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91 /100
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Taster #1391 · Jan 23, 2017
DOA
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Dec 11, 2016
90/100
Mon avant-dernière...mieux que les 2 dernières bues, bu chez Sylvie et Carol, Le nez est sur les poires, les pommes Golden et le miel avec une pointe de fleurs blanches. En bouches, c`est frais et drois, acidité franche et belle texture. De la pomme et des citrons confits avec de la craie et une finale longue qui fait saliver. Très bon et à point, l`autre sera bu possiblement pendant les fêtes!
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Oct 4, 2015
88/100
Offrande de Bulle au resto AVV Sballo de Sherbrooke! Nez funky, assez oxydatif au début, se dissipe un peu avec le temps. En bouche, pas trop d’oxydation, belle acidité, citrons et amandes avec une finale assez longue.
2009 vintage
Taster #7687 · Apr 25, 2015
91/100
Sans notes
2009 vintage
Taster #3393 · Jul 9, 2014
93/100
Deeper golden color than I would have expected - seems somewhat advanced at only five years of age. The vintage showed itself in the best possible ways - concentration and length - and avoided excessive heaviness and alcohol. Cracking this on a night where I was tired and distracted reminded me that the best Chenin from the Loire are challenging wines that demand the taster's attention. Fortunately the quality of the wine perked me up - it would not be …
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · May 8, 2014
Une autre oxydée...pas une bonne moyenne avec ce vin...c'est tout ou rien!
2009 vintage
Taster #2393 · May 8, 2014
92/100
Much better now than this was the first time I had it a few years ago, or maybe just a better bottle. The fruit is really bright and crisp, if not bone-dry then pretty close to it. It has that crystalline texture I love about this wine when it's in the zone, like it's spackled with quartz. There is actually a fatness to the fruit despite its freshness and angular feel - a lot of material went into this so …
2009 vintage
Taster #6148 · Apr 18, 2014
92/100
Pronounced nose of lanolin, apple and pear. Fairly aggressive acidity when first opened but it softens an hour or so after opening and becomes well balanced. Dry. Lingering finish.
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Dec 19, 2013
Bouchonné/Oxydée!!! Bouchon en piètre état. Ma 2ième defect sur 6...m'en reste 2, une autre sera ouverte durant les fêtes.
2009 vintage
Taster #7687 · Dec 14, 2013
92/100
Un vin très impressionnant malgré le millésime moins évident côté fraîcheur. Nez de fruits exotiques, de pomme confite et de foin, pas d'oxydation à l'horizon. La bouche est ample, le vin très texturé et riche. Superbe finale saline, avec une longueur impressionnante, tout en fraîcheur. Superbe équilibre et une surprise étonnante.
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Oct 15, 2013
Bouchonné/Oxydée!!!
2009 vintage
Taster #1526 · Oct 8, 2013
93/100
Aromas of baked apple and pithy citrus fruit. Really good balance between the baked lemon fruit, more powerful, sweeter honeyed character on the middle and the long creamy finish. Shows real depth with a lovely purity of flavour and really good acidity. Went really well with my game dinner. Superb wine.
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Jun 25, 2013
92/100
Belle texture grasse et très long...superbe!
2009 vintage
Taster #0783 · Feb 23, 2013
91/100
A Rainy Saturday (Weygandt Wines - Washington, D.C.) : This is the first vintage I've tried since Richard Leroy gave up the Anjou AOC. The wine's still the same, and just as amazing as ever. Complex nose of pineapple, white flowers, perfume, brie rind, beeswax. The palate shows racy acid but a plump, creamy body. Melon and pear fruit mix with chammomile and honey. Intense minerals all the way. This wine has so much personality and will do interesting things …
2009 vintage
Taster #7916 · Feb 11, 2013
Bu chez les Smith, un vin qui ne m'a pas marqué. La note de dégustation de mon ami est la suivante: "Un peu oxydé, un peu marqué par le bois (sésame) et plutôt mûr. Je préfère le 2007, plus vif."
2009 vintage
Taster #3714 · Dec 13, 2012
91/100
Très beau nez sur les fleurs blanches avec un peu de miel et d'herbes, belle intensité et complexité! En bouche, belle texture riche et ample mais assez bien équilibré. Surtout des saveurs de fruits à chair blanche avec une pointe de miel et de craie. Belle petite touche d'acidité aussi vient lui donner une belle vivacité. Finale longue et soyeuse. Un très beau Chenin complexe et raffiné, peut évoluer en beauté!
2009 vintage
Taster #4506 · May 23, 2012
90/100
I am with WD (Chris Kissack) on this one. This is superb! Quite rich, expansive and well made. The nose shows lot of complex scents of honey, bees wax and some white flowers, with a bit of pears!!! The palate shows lots of depth and structure. Layers of peach, pear, honey, a bit of slate action and extremely long and smooth. This is still quite young and will improve exponentially...way more complex than the Les Roulliers cuvée tasted at the …
2009 vintage
Taster #0439 · May 1, 2012
Brought to Shandong for dinner with friends, and we all responded enthusiastically to this gorgeously balanced wine. The oak aging is barely noticeable, as the wine retains its pure chenin character not masked by any kind of polish. Gently chalky texture, wonderful depth and complexity.
2009 vintage
Taster #2393 · Mar 6, 2011
86/100
After I found myself totally blown away by the Rouliers, I had high expectations here as this is supposed to be Leroy's top site. However, it's made in a totally different stylistic vein which just isn't in my zone the way the chiseled Rouliers was. This bottling has a significant amount of residual sugar, which basically negates everything that made the Rouliers so compelling from a textural perspective. You just get the usual pure apply chenin flavors with a bit …
2009 vintage
Taster #0779 · Feb 2, 2011
90/100
Robe pâle, légèrement trouble. Magnifique nez de miel, reglisse, la cire d'abeille commence à apparaitre. La bouche est très grasse, riche, mais fraiche et equilibrée. On retrouve le miel, il y a de l'anis, de l'amande, une fine amertume en finale signe ce vin superbe. Un beau 2003 qui porte sans mollesse l'empreinte du millésime !
2003 vintage