The name Leroy conjures up such expectations that anything short of perfection generates disappointment. Unfortunately, whether this is because it is a wine beyond its best, or it was just a dud bottle, my experience with the above bottle came nothing near that mark. That I tasted the bottle rather a long time after it was opened did not help matters either. The bottle was worse in my mind that the NZ Pinot Noir from the Hong Kong born dentist I had the other day, even allowing for the differences in style and age.
This disappointing wine was dark ruby, with a slightly sweet acid berry nose. It was minimally dilute on entry going onto an acid minimally fruity astringent palate, with an acid astringent mid palate and an astringent finish.
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