Domaine Leroy Nuits Saint Georges Au Bas de Combe 2014 EXCL._NORM powerful and punchy flavors that

powerful and punchy flavors that display plenty of muscle on the youthfully austere finish

Note: the inconsistency of this wine continues unabated as a bottle opened at the Domaine recently was almost aggressively vegetal and awkward

burnt sugar

anis) is outstanding

and the overall purity and equilibrium flawless

Domaine Leroy Nuits Saint Georges Au Bas de Combe 2014 EXCL._NORM powerful and punchy flavors thatHere the ripe and attractively fresh nose displays a dense blend of earth, spice, plum, violet and sauvage tinged aromas. The middle weight flavors possess a mouth feel that is almost a hypothetical combination of the Lavires and Aux Allots in that it's quite rich yet sleek with a seductive succulence, all wrapped in an impeccably well balanced and lingering finale. This too is really quite impressive for a Nuits villages.