I tasted Philippe Leclerc's 1993s on two separate occasions. To put it mildly, they were the most disappointing wines I have tasted from Leclerc in the past fifteen years. In what is obviously a high acid, high tannin vintage, Leclerc made low acid wines (a good sign in most vintages) that are preposterously oaky, diffuse, and totally unfocused. There is sweet fruit in most cuvees, some possess frightful levels of volatile acidity (i.e., Chambolle-Musigny-Les Babillaires), and others are sweet, excessively woody, pruny wines that are living dangerously. It is hard to know what could have gone wrong, but these are funky wines - too much tannin and wood, and an overripe quality that is not found in other 1993 red burgundies. Importer: William Grant & Sons, Edison, NJ; tel. (908) 225-9000

I tasted Philippe Leclerc's 1993s on two separate occasions. To put it mildly, they were the most disappointing wines I have tasted from Leclerc in the past fifteen years. In what is obviously a high acid, high tannin vintage, Leclerc made low acid wines (a good sign in most vintages) that are preposterously oaky, diffuse, and totally unfocused. There is sweet fruit in most cuvees, some possess frightful levels of volatile acidity (i.e., Chambolle-Musigny-Les Babillaires), and others are sweet, excessively woody, pruny wines that are living dangerously. It is hard to know what could have gone wrong, but these are funky wines - too much tannin and wood, and an overripe quality that is not found in other 1993 red burgundies. Importer: William Grant & Sons, Edison, NJ; tel. (908) 225-9000