Domaine Leroy Nuits Saint Georges Aux Lavieres 2014 Piedmont Piedmont violets and a hint of

violets and a hint of the sauvage

Pretty much every component is better here than on the 2014

The round and seductively textured medium weight flavors exude a fine bead of minerality on the appealingly detailed

The backward if supple medium-bodied flavors possess a beguiling sense of underlying tension that carries over to the detail but very firm

Impressively endowed

Domaine Leroy Nuits Saint Georges Aux Lavieres 2014 Piedmont Piedmont violets and a hint ofDistinct soil and mineral inflections give the Nuits Saint Georges Aux Lavires much of its distinctive personality. A touch austere and compact today, the Lavires possesses superb energy that drives the red stone fruit, graphite, smoke and scorched earth flavors. There is more than enough freshness and verve to support many years of fine drinking.