2017 Vougeot, Clos du Village, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy

2017 Vougeot, Clos du Village, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy

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2017 Vougeot, Clos du Village, Benjamin Leroux, Burgundy

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Description

Just two barrels of this wine were made, from very old vines planted just a stone’s throw from the Clos de Vougeot. Entirely destemmed but with a haunting, floral perfume that might make one think otherwise, this is a gorgeous wine. Medium in weight, it is a wine of aroma and fragrance: rose petals, crushed red berries and subtle sweet spice all combine to produce something very special. Drink now to 2030.

Adam Bruntlett, Senior Wine Buyer, Berry Bros. & Rudd (May 2021)

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Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW89-91/100
Middling red with lighter rim. The nose is not as explosively sensual as the earlier vintages. Yet the fruit in the mouth does have the same magic, it is enormously graceful, a silky tissue, which flows throughout, ripe cherry in style, possibly some strawberry too, long and fine.
Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy (November 2018) Read more
Neal Martin, Vinous90-92/100
The 2017 Vougeot Clos du Villages has a slightly disjointed bouquet at first, but it melds together in the glass, coming across quite tertiary in style. It smells like there is whole bunches here, but Leroux assured me there is none. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, silky-smooth texture and a sorbet-like finish that you could run away and drink right now. Very fine.
Neal Martin, vinous.com (October 2018) Read more

About this WINE

Benjamin Leroux

Benjamin Leroux

Having created a name for himself as régisseur (general manager) of Domaine du Comte Armand in Pommard, Benjamin Leroux established, with English backing, a small négociant business based in Beaune since 2007. The range is confined to the Côte d’Or, from Chassagne-Montrachet to Gevrey-Chambertin, with the intention of developing farming contracts or indeed purchasing vineyards in the future.

The possibilities are very exciting for this exceptionally talented vigneron. Benjamin is a master at delivering purity of fruit alongside a seamless texture in his wines which have only the subtlest influence of oak. One of Benjamin’s favourite locations for white wine vineyards is the border between Auxey-Duresses and Meursault, which is where Les Vireuils can be found. Here the natural weight of Meursault is enhanced by the fresher minerality typical of the side valley of Auxey-Duresses.

Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.

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Vougeot

Vougeot

Most of the wine produced in this small village comes from a single, walled Grand Cru vineyard, the famous Clos de Vougeot. The vineyard in its present form dates from 1336 (when it was first planted by monks of Cîteaux), although it was not until the following century that it was entirely enclosed by stone walls. 

Clos de Vougeot is both the smallest commune and the largest Clos in the Cote d’Or. It consists of 50 hectares of vineyards shared among 82 owners, with six soil types. There is quite a difference in quality between the upper (best) and lower (least fine) parts of the vineyard, though in medieval times a blend from all sectors was considered optimum.

Le Domaine de la Vougeraie makes a very fine white wine from Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot, first picked out by the monks of Cîteaux as being suitable ground for white grapes in the year 1110.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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