Description
Benjamin Leroux Bourgogne Rouge 2020
This wine is vinified with the goal of conserving a fresh fruit character, a blend of red and black berries.
- Size: 3.00 ha (7.41 ac)
- Variety: Pinot Noir
- Terroir: Blend of parcels from the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits, Santenay, Beaune, Ladoix, Savigny-lès-Beaune, and/or Fixin, depending on the vintage
- Viticulture: Lutte raisonnée
- Vinification: 100% de-stemmed, 10 days maceration, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in older oak barrels, unfined, unfiltered.
If you’re not familiar with Leroux, he became the technical director of Comte Armand at 24, before which he enrolled in viticultural school at 15. In other words, the writing was on the wall. His style is polished, elegant, and vibrant. Despite rapidly trending toward ‘benchmark’ status amongst people who know what’s up, his wines still offer phenomenal value for the price.
