The score for 2006 Domaine Leroy Nuits St Georges Vignes Rondes Premier Cru is 90 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Smoked meat and fresh dark cherry in the nose of Leroy's 2006 Nuits-St.-Georges Aux Vignerondes lead to a broad, sweetly-fruited palate enhanced by savory carnality and salinity. Compared with most of the wines here today, this lacks a bit of finishing refinement and lift, and there is a faint gum numbness after the fruit has faded. That said, we are still in the realm of concentration, sumptuousness, and healthy ripeness – indeed, near over-ripeness – that cannot help but impress. The results achieved by Lalou Bize-Leroy in 2006 are all the more notable in view of the misgivings she expressed early on about this vintage. (And, as her reaction to 2004 demonstrates, she will not shy away from declassifying even her entire production if she feels that the wines are not up to their terroir pedigrees.) As voluptuously rich as are Bize-Leroy's 2006 reds, they preserve the sense of buoyancy and elegance common to so many of the standouts of this vintage, and one's gums will not come away fatigued by the strength of underlying tannin or the near-hyper-concentration displayed by her – to be sure awesome – 2005s. As every year, these wines represent meticulous vine manicure