As is often the case, Leroy’s Clos de la Roche was a standout in the 2001 vintage. Its beguiling aromatics burst forth, displaying spicy, jammy cherries and raspberries. Deep plummy red fruits, black raspberries, juniper berries, cinnamon, and a myriad of other spices can be discerned in its gorgeously deep, muscular personality. Lush, expansive, and concentrated, it is a medium-bodied wine with a long, tannin-filled finish. - WA
VM93June 2003
Quite a bit riper than any wine to this point with jammy, roasted, perfumed, slightly floral aromas and explosive ripe, very primary, rather robust flavors that just ooze pinot extract. Very thick, very dense and extremely concentrated with rounded, buried tannins and a potent, rather pungent finish. This cannot match the above grands crus in sheer complexity but there is plenty of beguiling personality here and terrific potential. - BH
BH94January 2003