1996 Latricieres Chambertin
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
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The dark ruby/purple-colored 1996 Latricieres-Chambertin offers fresh, pure blueberry aromas. This massive, full-bodied wine has stupendous depth, breadth, and length to its blackberry, cherry, and floral character. It is immensely powerful as well as concentrated, and has its vintage's trademark freshness and grip. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2012+.
Superb ruby-red. Extraordinarily fine, pure, high-pitched aromas of black fruits, violets, minerals and fresh blood. Extraordinarily sweet and pure in the mouth, with a juicy, sharply defined flavor of crystallized dark berries. Powerful acidity gives the wine a wonderful lightness on the palate. Very firm finish begins almost tough and then opens slowly and builds. Today I get a stronger impression of soil character here than in the Clos de la Roche.
About the producer
For many, Domaine Leroy represents the pinnacle of fine Burgundy. Owned and run by the legendary Lalou Bize-Leroy, the domaine in Vosne-Romanée is one strand of the Leroy empire, along with Maison Leroy and Domaine d’Auvenay.