Hun er ikke universelt elsket, og vinene hennes ligger utenfor de fleste av oss, men Stephen Brook er i tryllebånd til den utrettelige Lalou Bize-Leroy
Lalou Bize-Leroy ser knapt annerledes ut enn hun gjorde da hun pleide å komme til London på midten av 1980-tallet for å presentere vinene til Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, som hennes familie er deleier av. Hun har en liten, elfin skikkelse, med lyse blågrå øyne og hår som nå er sølvblond i stedet for ren blond, klærne er elegante, men undervurderte. Det er helt sannsynlig å tenke på denne smidige, beskikkede figuren som en dedikert fjellklatrer - noe hun har vært i flere tiår. Inntil man tar en pause for å vurdere det i hennes alder, vil hun kanskje gi det en hvile. Men ikke litt av det.
Bize-Leroy lever og puster burgunder terroir. Fram til 1988 var hennes største bekymring familiebedriften Maison Leroy, som hun fremdeles driver, og holdt Meursault-kjellerne fylt med en million flasker fin Bourgogne. Oldefaren hennes grunnla den i 1868, men det var faren hennes som begynte å bygge opp lager av gamle viner fra 1919 og utover. ‘Vi har fortsatt noen flasker av den årgangen til salgs.’ For ikke å nevne alle flotte årganger siden. ‘Min fars hovedyrke var å drive Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, så han kom aldri til å selge vinene han kjøpte.’ Bize-Leroy kom til ham i 1955.
Slik erfaring og perspektiv plasserer henne i en formidabel posisjon innenfor Burgundys hierarki. ‘Jeg har ingen kontrakter med produsenter, og begynner fra bunnen av hvert år. Hvis jeg liker en vin, kjøper jeg den. Hvis ikke, gjør jeg ikke det. ’Med så enorme reserver å trekke på, føler hun seg ikke forpliktet til å kjøpe hvert år.
Maison Leroy-vinene er enormt dyre, men hun er helt stolt av dem. Hun smaker på sortimentet omtrent en gang i året, og bestemmer hva hun skal frigjøre, hva hun skal beholde. Ofte er de løslate modne gamle årgangene, raskt snappet opp av samlere, spesielt i USA og Japan. Hun eier også den 4 hektar store Domaine d’Auvenay i St-Romain, som ektemannen Marcel Bize drev til han døde for noen år siden. Nå driver hun det av seg selv. Til tross for sin beskjedne adresse har Auvenay en rekke grand crus i sin portefølje, men mengdene er små, og køen for tildelinger er lang.
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