Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
96
/100
Reviews
14
professional
Vintages
1
1996
Other
96/100
Pinot Noir
NV
Community Reviews
1818
Reviews
95.8
Avg Score
99
Highest
Taster #8394
· Jan 9, 2026
92/100
Not Leroy period I'd chase. Stem aromatics obvious. Sweet palate, slightly blue cheese. (329/2630)
1996 vintage
Taster #8826
· Dec 21, 2024
97/100
Medium ruby, cork in good shape. Decanted for 30 minutes. Mature wine that smells of a bowl of roses. Long, long finish. Delicious with a prime rib steak. This was the last of three bottles I purchased at release in 1998. The tannins are fully resolved. This wine was well stored over the years. This wine and the last one four years ago have been fully mature. I suggest you drink up.
1996 vintage
Taster #9875
· Mar 5, 2020
95/100
Zachy's La Paulee 2020; 3/5/2020-3/6/2020 (Le Bernardin Prive) : Great depth and concentration. 95+
1996 vintage
Taster #4899
· Sep 29, 2019
97/100
1996 Burgundy Retrospective - The Last Session (Eddie V's - Tysons Corner, VA) : Perfectly mature nose displaying rich concentrated black fruit, blackberry, black cherry, caramel, sous bois, rose, ash, cinnamon, Vosne spice, black truffle, tree bark and earth. Excellent concentration, layers upon layers of sweet black fruit, rich and deeply toned but also beautifully detailed and precise, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, slightly coarse tannins and a seamless long sweet black fruit driven finish with a hint of …
1996 vintage
Taster #8394
· Aug 23, 2019
96/100
Jayer disciples. Super stemmy, exuberant aromatics. Incredible polish, sweetness on palate. That is pure Leroy decadence. Correctly guessed! (326/2630)
1996 vintage
Taster #2263
· Jun 28, 2019
95/100
It's not a fancy aroma Restrained and a little Unfolding Deep and Layered Sweet and Sappy Red, Dark berry Violet, Rose petal, Mint(Stem) Licorice, Spices, Integrated Oak, some Smoke Iodine like mineral Rich, Structured, Powerful Stony Mineral Well Balanced, Velvety texture Intense, Sappy and Long Finish Definitely Great Vosne Grand Cru Only nit is a little dry and edgy tannin I think it's because still young. If it matures and tannins soften, it will show much more pleasure in your …
1996 vintage
Taster #8826
· Feb 2, 2019
99/100
Sometimes we have a night with an extraordinary wine and this was last night. Cork was semi saturated but came out cleanly with an Ah-So. Light ruby and the nose started to open immediately. Decided against a decant and left it open for one hour. Translucent and drank very well right from the start. It was like a bowl of roses, extremely elegant and the finish seemed like it went on for 60 seconds. As fine a bottle of burgundy …
1996 vintage
Taster #8394
· Mar 16, 2018
96/100
DRC Richebourg vertical. Stems and nail polish. A lot of nuance, miles ahead of 1996 DRC Richebourg. (327/2630)
1996 vintage
Taster #5830
· Aug 28, 2015
Three Nights In San Juan; 8/27/2015-8/29/2015 : A very nice bottle. Performed as expected but didn't hit it out if the park.
1996 vintage
Taster #0905
· Aug 21, 2014
95/100
My privilege to have this wine twice this year. Big, bold and beautiful wine that exemplifies quality winemaking and may only now be entering its drinking window. Great balance of structure, strong sweet tannin, black fruit, black pepper, cola and a touch of earth. Maybe not quite as ready as the one we had in May and I'd say this would reward another 5 years in the cellar, but if someone opens this wine at any time, you want to …
1996 vintage
Taster #6973
· Aug 21, 2014
95/100
Great nose. Good fruit and finish. Not as mind blowing as last bottle but still a great wine.
1996 vintage
Taster #1078
· May 17, 2014
HDH Burgundy Auction (Chicago, IL) : The nose was very dirty and filthy and not showing much else, while the palate was thin, angular, acidic and just downright disappointing. Something was clearly wrong with this bottle.
1996 vintage
Taster #5401
· May 17, 2014
HDH Auction Notes (Tru - Chicago, IL) : A very dirty nose. Seemed off.
1996 vintage
Taster #0905
· May 15, 2014
97/100
Brilliant full ripe red wine. Drinking beautifully today with depth, volume and complexity. Powerful, grand and impossible to ignore, this wine is an absolute treat. So sorry not to have any more.
1996 vintage
Taster #3075
· Feb 2, 2013
92/100
Quite dark red in color for a burgundy, deep nose of dark ripe berries, tangerine peel, spices and slightly floral. Very ripe and full palate, good but overall slightly let down by a slight saccharin like taste which didn't go away at all. Feels slightly over extracted, the 97 version this wine might be a weaker wine than the 96, but I think it is a more pleasant drink overall. At this price point really have to nitpick.
1996 vintage
Taster #2043
· Aug 6, 2008
96/100
Vertical 93, 96 99. 93 best out of the 3, then 96, then 99.
1996 vintage
Taster #5338
· May 26, 2008
99/100
A beautiful jeweled ruby, and to borrow a term, an OMFG nose. Vosne perfume, spicebox, cardamom, some juniper, more flowers than an FTD convention. A bouquet that fill severy alveola of your lung. All of this on the nose. On the palate, after several minutes of speechless joy, with my nose buried in the glass, I wrote. “I have no words for this, perfection”. Over time I was able to get a couple of words (not a big surprise). It …
1996 vintage
Taster #4443
· Oct 26, 2007
Acker Pre-Auction tasting (New York, NY) : Tasting, brief note. Stunningly great. Spice, red berry and cherry with lots of concentration, layers of flavor kept unfolding in my single taste.
1996 vintage