Aux Allots

The fine and pure deep red fruit that surrounds this wine is a result of the 50-plus year-old-vines that are the source. Graceful and classy, it is a lovely example of Nuits-St Georges from the northern side.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Director

Benjamin Leroux has managed to produce almost as much wine in 2010 as he did in 2009. Some of his grape contracts were short because of the low crop in 2010, but he has been able to compensate with some new sources of supply. 2010, Benjamin’s fourth vintage, looks to be a great success in both colours here. Included in this selection is a cuvée of Volnay Santenots from the Hospices de Beaune whose élévage we entrusted to Benjamin.

From 50-year-old vines, this Vosne-side Nuits is a beautiful mid-purple, with deep, dark red fruit, a perfect acid balance, and weight and distinction showing on the palate. Very impressive in 2012.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

As far as supply is concerned it’s a topsy turvy position in 2012. Overall, Ben has made plenty of wine but some cuvées are missing this year. The best volumes are with the Chassagne-Montrachet Premiers Crus, which are always a strong point chez Benjamin. From a standing start in 2007 Benjamin has made truly exciting progress, and has grown his business a little more quickly than expected as great opportunities have come his way. Yet each year he still doesn’t seem to have quite enough wine to satisfy demand.
 

An aromatically-seductive Nuits-St Georges, Benjamin Leroux's Les Allots shows a wonderfully pure and spicy nose that brimms with blue berry fruit and overlaid with earth and game notes that continue onto the fleshy, plush and inviting palate, all wrapped in an impeccably balanced and persistent finish. This is a robust wine, with polished tannins, yet none of the occasional dry tannins of Nuits.