Domaine Leroy
Domaine Leroy is a company run by Lalou Bize-Leroy and one of the most famous wineries in Burgundy . Since 1989 the products have been produced according to the rules of biodynamic agriculture and certified by ECOCERT . The wines are among the most expensive in Burgundy.
history
Henri Leroy, born in 1894, was a third generation wine and brandy dealer. His most important market was Germany and he had business relationships with Hugo Asbach . In the 1930s he became a good customer of the well-known Domaine de la Romanée-Conti winery . Later a friendship developed with co-owner Edmond Gaudin de Villaine. When the winery ran into financial difficulties in the early 1940s, Henri Leroy bought Jacques Chambon's stake in 1942. Only with the death of Edmond Gaudin de Villaine in 1950 did Leroy become the second manager of the estate. In addition, he kept his trading company Leroy SA, which took over the exclusive distribution of the wines of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti.
In 1974 his daughter Lalou Bize-Leroy took over the management of the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti together with Aubert de Villaine . In 1992, however, the business relationship broke. However, the conflict had been simmering for some time. In 1988 Lalou bought the run-down winery from Charles Noëllat for 65 million francs. Lalou and her sister Pauline sold a third of the stake in the trading company Leroy SA for financing
The wines
Only red wine is produced from the Pinot noir grape variety and white wine from the Chardonnay grape variety . When the wines are pressed, Leroy leaves all the stems in the mash to give the wine more tannins . Mash fermentation lasts 15 days and is temperature-controlled, with the maximum temperature being 33 ° C. The wines come 100 percent in new barrique barrels.
The Domaine Leroy owns areas in the Grand Cru sites Corton-Charlemagne (0.43 ha, white wine), Corton-Renardes (0.50 ha), Richebourg (0.78 ha), Romanée-Saint-Vivant (0.99 ha ), Clos de Vougeot (1.91 ha), Musigny (0.27 ha), Clos de la Roche (0.67 ha), Latricières-Chambertin (0.57 ha) and Chambertin (0.50 ha). In addition, the domaine has 8 Premier Cru wines from Volnay-Santenots "Les Santenots du Milieu", Savigny-les-Beaune "Les Narbantons", Nuits-Saint-Georges "Les Vignerondes", Nuits-Saint-Georges "Les Boudots" , Vosne-Romanée "Aux Brûlées", Vosne-Romanée "Les Beaux Monts", Chambolle-Musigny "Les Charmes" and Gevrey-Chambertin "Les Combottes".
Individual evidence
literature
- Clive Coates : The wines of Burgundy . 1st edition. University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-520-25050-5 .
- Clive Coates : Cote d'Or. A celebration of thee great wines of Burgundy . 1st edition. University of California Press, 1997, ISBN 0-520-21251-7 .
Web links
http://www.domaineleroy.com/ Official website of the Domaine Leroy