Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
94
/100
Reviews
7
professional
Vintages
1
1985
Other
93/100
Pinot Noir
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98
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Taster #1357
· Jul 14, 2025
93/100
Nose exhibited sous bois, flowers, red fruit and spice. Palate was linear yet also showing the vintage fatness and ripeness. Lovely. 93+
1985 vintage
Taster #7983
· Jul 11, 2025
98/100
The completeness of this wine is astonishing. Uniquely strong and masculine, yet with a balanced gentle touch that caresses your soul. Noticeable notes of black/oolong tea with its TCM-like bitterness balanced with pure cherry essence. Tremendous concentration, focus and length. Will continue to improve and blossom over the next two decades. Indeed a masterpiece!
1985 vintage
Taster #6423
· Jan 26, 2021
96/100
drinking beautifully, it's still got plenty in reserve. long night of drinking so no details but it was one of the better reds we had in an all-star lineup. 96-97
1985 vintage
Taster #4633
· Sep 14, 2020
94/100
Guessed this to be a Grand Cru (tasted blind). One of the more accommodating Maison bottlings chez Leroy tasted in recent memory. People really do LOVE this vintage; A very virile but elegant nose of beef stock, briary scents, pine forest wood, definitive gamey notes give way to more classic sous bois/mossy suggestions with air time. Fantastic ripeness and layering still. Good compromise between fruit density and sous bois complexity. Grand Cru showing in my book. This was on form …
1985 vintage
Taster #6737
· Sep 13, 2020
94/100
Solid garnet color; effusive, deep dark fruited nose; spice and soil-driven nose, very rich and dark, tremendous depth, pine needle-covered earth; just keeps blossoming in the glass with violets, richness and depth. Kept going for hours. Tasting partner called it gran crus. I’m scoring it that way. 94+
1985 vintage
Taster #9875
· Mar 7, 2020
93/100
La Paulee 2020 - Gala Dinner (Pier 60) : Somehow older than it is, still very good. 93
1985 vintage
Taster #2107
· Apr 26, 2019
Boisson Vadot White Wines & A Mix of Old Red Burgundy (Paradise Valley, AZ USA) : Served blind. Younger and more oaky at first than the previous wine (which turned out to be '78 Pommard Epenots). This went from being underwhelming to phenomenal with a bit of air. Correctly guessed '85 vintage and Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. This has wonderful black fruit, very classic Gevrey. I thought this was one of the more transparent Leroy wines I've had in some time, very …
1985 vintage
Taster #4944
· Mar 13, 2019
96/100
This bottle blew me away at the La Paulee Gala 2019. It was in excellent condition and from the little sip I got, I was transported to a quieter more reflective place!! The nose was superb, and the finish went on and on. It was one of if not THE WOTN for me.
1985 vintage
Taster #4443
· Mar 9, 2019
La Paul�e de New York Gala Dinner (Pier Sixty - New York NY) : Small glass, brief note. Served alongside the Charmes--Chambertin, this wine has more density, but came across as slightly dirty, not quite pristine, and getting tired. Likely a bottle that suffered poor conditions at some point in the past 30 years.
1985 vintage
Taster #4899
· Jun 21, 2014
Impromptu gathering (Washington DC) : Unfortunately slightly off.
1985 vintage
Taster #1753
· May 2, 2014
90/100
youthful. floral. pleasant starter wine for dinner
1985 vintage
Taster #1753
· Apr 26, 2014
bad bottle...have 11 more to see if it's just one or all funky nose, just not right
1985 vintage
Taster #6372
· Feb 1, 2014
90/100
85 dinner- Chambertin flight. This bottle was slightly bruised so not best example next to ponsot and Rousseau. Showed pretty soft cherry fruit and medium length. Good core but just not a great bottle
1985 vintage
Taster #5118
· Oct 19, 2013
effected bottle
1985 vintage
Taster #7786
· May 23, 2009
88/100
Probably past its peak but still drinking nicely. Last bottle:(
1985 vintage
Taster #7606
· Aug 14, 2008
94/100
What an incredible "old Burgundy" nose. Wondrously elegant and ethereal with a firm backbone and elegant, earthy, dried cherry fruit. Perhpas a hint of dryness but otherwise a wonderful experience. I think this is pretty much ready now.
1985 vintage
Taster #4275
· Apr 25, 2007
90/100
Dinner at Ray's; Older Burgs, Bordeaux and Italian (Vancouver, BC) : This started with a huge dirty barn yard nose. The first 30 minutes this wine was not great. After 30 minutes it got cleaner and was more enjoyable. After two hours it had completely fallen apart.
1985 vintage
Taster #6282
· Oct 8, 2006
95/100
top flight, excellent condition, years to go.
1985 vintage