{"title":"Vincent Ledy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is hard not to root for Vincent Ledy. In a region where the best vineyard land is usually passed down through centuries of aristocratic inheritance, Ledy completely started from scratch. He spent years cutting his teeth and learning the ropes at the highly respected Domaine Lécheneaut in Nuits-Saint-Georges. While working there, he slowly scraped together whatever tiny parcels of old vines he could afford, literally making his first few vintages in his garage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, he is one of the most thrilling cult figures in the Côte de Nuits, and a massive part of that is his radical, hands-off approach in the cellar. If you have been following the exciting shift in Burgundy toward the \"infusion\" style of winemaking, Ledy is an absolute master of the craft. He is famously terrified of new oak—he outright refuses to use it—and instead relies on whole-cluster fermentations, native yeasts, and virtually zero added sulfur. Rather than aggressively punching down the grapes to extract dark color and heavy tannins, he treats the fruit delicately, gently steeping it, like tea, to pull out only the purest elements from the grapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis infusion approach completely flips the script on Nuits-Saint-Georges. The village is historically famous for producing broad, muscular, and sometimes fiercely tannic Pinot Noir. But Ledy's 2022 Premier Cru \"Les Porets Saint-Georges\" is a total revelation of elegance. Sourced from ancient vines planted in the 1930s (that’s almost 100 years old now!) on a prime slope of limestone and gravel, this wine is wildly ethereal. It pours with a high-toned aromatic profile of wild strawberry, medicinal cherry, and crushed rose petals that almost tricks you into thinking you are smelling a delicate Chambolle-Musigny. But on the palate, that signature Nuits-Saint-Georges depth kicks in, delivering an earthy, intensely stony, and beautifully structured finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/vincent-ledy.oembed","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}