Back in his Domaine Comte Armand days, Leroux was one of the first in Burgundy to celebrate old-vine Aligoté. Working with great, old-vine material and super-precise winemaking, this wine remains at the top of the spectrum. The key components are Leroux’s parcel of 50-year-old vines in Meursault. The vine material comes from the high-quality, low-yielding Aligoté Doré cultivar.

This is the second release of this old-vine label. Looking for a new source of high-quality, old-vine Aligoté, Leroux came across this parcel of vines late in 2022. His plan was to simply find a great source for massale cuttings to work with in the future (watch the whole story here), but after tasting the first vintage from cask, he knew he had found something special. The Grands Champs vineyard lies in Chassagne Montrachet, below the village and next to the restored 19th-century washhouse of Fontaine Saulx. The plot of almost 100-year-old vines is unusual in that all the vines are completely healthy, and there are no replacements. Vinified in a 1200L neutral oak cask, it’s a wonderful and full-bodied example of this variety. It shows considerably more texture and spicy complexity from the small bunches than the straight Aligoté above. A stunning, deep and chewy Aligoté.

Always a ridiculous value, the 2024 is no exception. It’s drawn almost entirely from Leroux’s Estate vineyards in Meursault—including Les Millerands, Sous la Velle and Les Belles Côtes. Unlike the majority of Bourgogne (from the foot of the hill and across the D974), Leroux’s Estate vines grow on the lower slopes of the Côte, situated below the village-level vines of Meursault but on the upper side of the road. The wine was matured in 50% large oak, 25% Winglobe (glass) and 25% used barrique. It’s fabulous, and if it had “villages” or “1er cru” on the label, it would score in the 90s!

Leroux’s terrific Auxey-Duresses has always been another one of the range’s great-value wines—drinking superbly young and aging very well, too. The fruit comes from two terroirs—Les Hautés and La Macabrée —both abutting Meursault’s Les Vireuils Dessous and Les Meix Chavaux. The oldest vines date back to 1946. The land here faces north, enduring the cold air rolling down from the Hautes Côtes—a very fresh terroir! I think this has claims to be the best example we have shipped. It has all the mineral and saline raciness you expect, but with excellent depth.

The Meursault is an Estate wine, based on Leroux’s own vines in Moulin Landin, Les Criots, Bois de Blagny and Les Millerands, along with Clos du Village, a parcel he acquired in 2017. Bois de Blagny sits higher and adds a mineral edge to the fruit from the lower-lying sites. These vines are certified organic and biodynamic, with some dating back to 1944. Fermentation and maturation take place in 300-litre and 600-litre barrels before the wine is racked to foudre and stainless steel to finish aging. We’re going to be raving a lot about the whites because they deserve it, and this is stunning. Again, you could easily imagine “1er cru” on the label and, just like magic, it would have a higher score. Wine like this is why we drink white Burgundy.

This blend draws Bourgogne-level fruit from mostly Leroux’s key sources: Maison Dieu in Pommard and Mon Poulain in Volnay, with some Monthelie villages now bringing freshness. The wine is matured in a large Grenier oak cask alongside several smaller barrels. It a wonderful little Côte de Beaune red in a year when this area has done brilliantly with Pinot. A bargain.

Only 24 bottles shipped. Yet another Leroux classic, the 3.6-hectare Les Baudines vineyard sits high up on the slope, near the tree line on the southwestern border of Chassagne. It’s essentially a continuation of Les Embazées but sits higher on the hillside, on poorer soil, with a higher limestone content. It’s a very cool site with mostly white, rocky clay soils—a terroir perfectly aligned with Leroux’s desire to produce fine-boned, chiselled Chassagne. Leroux’s vines were planted in the 1980s. The 2024 is beautifully balanced, ripe and pulpy yet with a racy, saline close.

Only 36 bottles shipped. Leroux calls Tête du Clos the “Chevalier-Montrachet of the south.” It’s one of the many sub-climats of Morgeot and lies at the vineyard’s apex, where the soil is very rocky. In fact, there’s barely 20 centimetres of topsoil, with white clay and plenty of limestone on the surface. It’s about the same altitude as Les Embazées but showcases an entirely different expression of Chassagne—both richer and more mineral (hence the Chevalier reference). Leroux’s 0.4-hectare old-vine parcel (planted in 1955) produces small, concentrated clusters. This brings genuine depth of fruit to wine and helps it live up to its baby-Grand-Cru reputation. The 2024 is deep, rich, and more exotic in the fruit than the other whites in 2024. Powerful, hedonistic and very long.

Only 36 bottles shipped. Along with Clos-Saint-Jacques and Lavaux-Saint-Jacques, Les Cazetiers is considered one of the three finest Premiers Crus of Gevrey. Inside Burgundy’s Jasper Morris tells us: “Good Cazetiers gives a feeling of refinement and precision which has an intellectual appeal as well as being vinously satisfying.” This steep, 8.43-ha vineyard is directly up-slope from the village of Gevrey, flanked by Clos Saint-Jacques and Combe aux Moines. Leroux’s plot has 40-year-old Pinot Fin vines situated mid-slope, on what he describes as “a gorgeous terroir.” The vines have been worked biodynamically for several years and the 2024 is a beautiful example of high-grown Gevrey; so pure, fine and long. 40% whole bunches used.

Those who attended the tastings will need no convincing on this wine. The yields in Gevrey were slightly better, but Leroux still blended all of his parcels together, including the 1er and grand crus (apart from Cazetiers). Most of the villages parcels are in the northern end of the commune, below the town, but with a significant portion also coming from above the town, on the high, rocky, Brochon side of Gevrey and the 1er crus Champeaux and Grand Cru Charmes. It’s a seriously classy and refined Gevrey with fine, powdery tannins.

Only 12 bottles shipped. Leroux’s Estate Bâtard is quite simply his greatest white and one of the finest wines of the terroir. It comes from a brilliantly located 0.16-hectare plot of 40-year-old vines right next to the Hospices de Beaune’s parcel and directly across the road, maybe fifteen metres away, from DRC’s parcel of Le Montrachet. It falls on the Chassagne side of the vineyard, for what it’s worth (which means nothing, to be frank, but we’re regularly asked so there you go). Leroux gained full control of the vineyard management here in 2016. He recently restored the original stone entrance along the road between le Montrachet and Bâtard, so it’s quite easy to find his plot if you’re ever driving. The 2024 is stunning. Tasted in November 2025 at the cellars, it was profoundly deep yet so restrained, with wonderful structure and freshness.

Only 12 bottles shipped. Leroux’s Estate Bâtard is quite simply his greatest white and one of the finest wines of the terroir. It comes from a brilliantly located 0.16-hectare plot of 40-year-old vines right next to the Hospices de Beaune’s parcel and directly across the road, maybe fifteen metres away, from DRC’s parcel of Le Montrachet. It falls on the Chassagne side of the vineyard, for what it’s worth (which means nothing, to be frank, but we’re regularly asked so there you go). Leroux gained full control of the vineyard management here in 2016. He recently restored the original stone entrance along the road between le Montrachet and Bâtard, so it’s quite easy to find his plot if you’re ever driving. The 2024 is stunning. Tasted in November 2025 at the cellars, it was profoundly deep yet so restrained, with wonderful structure and freshness.

Only 6 bottles shipped. Being introduced to this wine at chez Leroux was a wonderful surprise. Note that this Grand Cru is not Corton-Charlemagne but rather Corton Blanc, another appellation on the Corton Hill for certain rare plots outside of Corton-Charlemagne. It’s a rarely seen appellation, with only around 4 hectares typically declared. Suffice to say, many experienced Burgundy lovers have never tasted one. To avoid confusion: Leroux previously sourced Pinot from Les Grandes Lolières, but his first white was from the same site. Downslope from Corton Le Rognet, the vineyard sits close to the village of Ladoix-Serrigny and faces due east, where the soil below is very chalky—a real Chardonnay terroir.

This has great energy and racy acidity but also loads of ripe fruit: notes of all kinds of citrus, stone fruits and exotic flowers. Delicious! The vineyard has since been prepared for replanting, so this brilliant wine is now historic as well!

Only 6 bottles shipped. This year’s rendition comes from both Les Languettes, a cool site in Aloxe-Corton, wedged between Les Pougets and Le Corton, and en Charlemagne. The grapes are pressed gently without crushing, lightly settled, and fermented without sulphur in a mix of small and large casks. Leroux uses one-third new oak, and the result is a superb, powerful Charlemagne.

Totally different to the Grandes Lolières above, it comes from white soils and is much more structured and taught. Intense, deep and full of energy, it is a brilliant Corton Charlie!

Only 6 bottles shipped. This year’s rendition comes from both Les Languettes, a cool site in Aloxe-Corton, wedged between Les Pougets and Le Corton, and en Charlemagne. The grapes are pressed gently without crushing, lightly settled, and fermented without sulphur in a mix of small and large casks. Leroux uses one-third new oak, and the result is a superb, powerful Charlemagne.

Totally different to the Grandes Lolières above, it comes from white soils and is much more structured and taught. Intense, deep and full of energy, it is a brilliant Corton Charlie!

Only 6 bottles shipped. It is great to have this Grand Cru back in our allocation. Leroux’s wine now comes from En Orveaux, a five-hectare climat bordering Chambolle. This is one of Echézeaux’s coolest sites, thanks to its exposure to the winds funneling down the Combe d’Orveau. On the upper slope above Clos de Vougeot and Grands Echezeaux, there is very little topsoil before the vines hit the hard limestone (similar to that found in Premeaux), and as a result, the wines offer tremendous finesse, perfume and texture, as well as a cool, vibrant finish. This was the only Grand Cru produced in 2024 from the Côte de Nuits, and only two barrels were made. It’s obviously very young, has excellent density and will benefit enormously from time or decanting.

Only 2 magnums shipped. Along with Perrières and Charmes, Les Genevrières is one of the three greatest Meursault vineyards, and arguably the one that makes the most fine-boned, floral, and “Puligny”- style wine. It’s another example of a Leroux ‘Dessus” vineyard (meaning it sits at the top of the vineyard), accentuating the vineyard traits. It’s a little confusing, as Leroux used to also make a wine from Genevrières Dessous, but these vines have been replanted. Anyway, this is the Estate vines and only bottled in magnum, and what an epic magnum it is. The 2024 sticks to the vintage chez Leroux theme, as it’s an explosively deep, powerful, and structured wine that feels as though it will live for decades. Excellent indeed.

Following the 2017 harvest, Leroux managed something of a coup when he won a hard-fought tender to acquire these vines. The purchase came with a small selection of village plots (including Clos du Village), but the real prizes were well-sited parcels in Volnay Santenots (Les Plures), Meursault-Blagny and this small piece of the Premier Cru Charmes lying directly beneath Clos des Perrières. It’s a sliver of 1988-planted vines in the vineyard’s upper (Dessus) portion—a section singled out since the 1830s as the finest part of Les Charmes. The wine it produces is special and now in great hands! The 2024 is simply epic: deep and ripe, yet restrained, earthy and very long. Brilliant now, but a keeper for sure. I would not call it serene; I find it intense and rock-and-roll. But I agree with the score! It’s as good as Meursault Charmes gets (which is saying something).

Only 18 bottles shipped. Narvaux is another of Leroux’s “classic hits” and another one of Meursault’s highest vineyards, sitting above 1er Cru Les Genevrières. This comes from 0.10 hectares planted in 1975 at the top of the vineyard—Les Narvaux Dessus (are you seeing a pattern?)—a parcel in the Clos de Narvaux, right next to Dominique Lafon’s vines. The soils here are very shallow and have plenty of limestone and iron oxide in the clay, giving the soil a reddish tinge. Although it’s high, it also faces south, and this, along with the low yields, allows for excellent ripeness. Leroux calls it ‘a dream vineyard’, and the site has been beautifully managed for a generation, with all the work done without a tractor by a vigneron who has sadly since passed away, aged 85. Ben told us that the vigneron had been working in the vines right up to his final hours. The 2024 is brilliant, a rocky, mineral, smoky and long Narvaux bomb!

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.

This high-grown wine is a favourite among followers of this producer. Little wonder Leroux has made a consistently excellent wine from the same two blocks in this vineyard for twenty years, and he now owns these same sites. Both parcels, totalling roughly 0.8 hectares, are east-facing, late-ripening (like the whole of Vireuils) with rocky, limestone soils, and some flint. The vines date back to the mid-1970s. Here we are in Vireuils Dessus, one of the higher sites of Meursault, above the renowned Les Chevalières and Rougeots. In short, one of the best areas for village-level wine in the commune. Leroux acquired the vineyard outright in 2024, and the wine will become fully Domaine-farmed starting with the 2025 vintage. But really, nothing will change except potentially the label, as Leroux thinks he will go to Vireuils Dessus, instead of Les Vireuils. The 2024 has a load of depth for such a cool site, yet of course this is balanced by fabulous, saline freshness and drive.