Domaine Leroy Romanee Saint Vivant Grand Cru 2009 Highland all wrapped in a moderately

all wrapped in a moderately austere and hugely long finish

lingering on vanilla and brioche notes

It is immediately clear that this is a bigger and more powerful wine that possesses outstanding mid-palate density and a huge reserve of dry extract that imparts a seductive mouth feel and mostly buffers the exceptionally firm tannic spine on the massively long finish

forest floor and humus character that some Gevrey-based wines display that adds plenty of breadth to the very fresh red currant and dark berry suffused nose

The broad finish lets a hazelnut note linger

Domaine Leroy Romanee Saint Vivant Grand Cru 2009 Highland all wrapped in a moderately