In 2025, Wine-Searcher’s global average retail price ranking placed Domaine Leroy Musigny as the world’s most expensive wine. Only 892 bottles were produced in 2011. At 750ml per bottle, that equals about 669 litres—roughly 2.9 standard 228-litre Burgundy pièces.

Musigny is one of Burgundy’s most celebrated Grand Crus. Domaine Leroy owns just 0.27 hectares of it.

The size of the holding already makes the wine exceptionally scarce. In 2011, that rarity was compounded by a growing season in which careful timing and severe selection became essential.

0.27 hectares in Musigny

Musigny lies above the village of Chambolle-Musigny in the Côte de Nuits. Domaine Leroy’s holding covers only 0.27 hectares, making it one of the smallest parcels in the domaine’s portfolio.

Auction records confirm a total production of 892 bottles for the 2011 vintage. At 750ml per bottle, that is about 669 litres—roughly 2.9 standard 228-litre Burgundy pièces. This is a volume comparison rather than a claim that the wine was literally made in only three barrels, but it makes the scale of production easier to grasp.

That is fewer than one thousand bottles for the entire vintage. Even by Burgundy standards, the opportunity to encounter one is inherently limited.

2011: an early spring, then an unsettled summer

The 2011 season in Burgundy began with an exceptionally early spring before rain and storms disrupted the summer. Fine weather returned toward the end of August and into September, making parcel-by-parcel harvest decisions and strict sorting crucial.

In the Côte de Nuits, the resulting reds were noted for elegance, silky texture, moderate alcohol, freshness and balance rather than sheer weight.

The precision of Leroy in 2011

Domaine Leroy is known for biodynamic viticulture and exceptionally low yields. In a vintage such as 2011, when vineyard decisions and sorting mattered greatly, that level of attention became especially significant.

Contemporary notes on the 2011 Musigny describe a wine built around red and black fruit, flowers, spice and a pronounced stony character, with a texture that is both powerful and remarkably silky.

Its interest lies not simply in concentration, but in the way density and lightness coexist. That tension is part of what makes both Musigny and Leroy so distinctive.

Lalou Bize-Leroy and Musigny

Musigny also carries a personal significance for Lalou Bize-Leroy.

When she was born, her father Henri is said to have touched a drop of 1929 Musigny to her lips. The story has become closely associated with the special place this vineyard holds within the history of the Leroy family.

Just 0.27 hectares. A total of 892 bottles in 2011—roughly three Burgundy barrels by volume. Even within IMAMI’s cellar, it is one of the rarest wines we handle. Behind those numbers lies a much longer relationship between one family, one vineyard and the idea of expressing a site with as little compromise as possible.

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