Leroy Richard

Leroy Richard, France - Loire

They are cult, the wines of Richard Leroy! Proof that it is technically possible to stabilize great wines that are not even a shade of orange without adding sulphur. However, the wines are not really completely sulphur-free, as sulphur is a by-product of alcoholic fermentation. It was Laurent Charvin (Châteauneuf-du-Pape), that rascal, who led us up the garden path in January 2010 when he poured us a Roulier that had certainly been open for ten days without showing the slightest hint of oxidation. We were blown away! Since Etienne Davodeau's book "The Ignoramuses" was published, Richard Leroy has become a household name to a whole new group of connoisseurs and it has become even more difficult to get hold of his wines. I hope your luck is in!