Romanée Saint Vivant, Domaine Leroy 2006

Great Romanée St. Vivant is arguably the classiest and most refined wine in all of Burgundy and yes, I include Musigny, Romanée-Conti and La Tâche in that comparison. Words honestly do not do justice to the sheer brilliance of the notably ripe kaleidoscopic nose that seamlessly combines a remarkable array of spices with the floral purple fruit aromas that serve as the perfect introduction to delicate, pure and mineral suffused flavors brimming with an underlying tension that provides a genuine sense of relief to the fantastically detailed finish that seems to go on and on without end. This is "thrill a second" quality juice and the class of the Leroy cellar in 2006.