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Vintage information 2003:

Off the scale conditions - days on end touching 40°C. Ripeness of fruit was not an issue, though for the reds, ripeness of tannins (phenolics) has been questioned - and there's plenty of tannin. The conundrum is that there are both early and late pickers that seem to have had real success.
High in tannin, low in acidity, some say they will last forever, others say they are already falling apart - deep-rooted old-vines were the most successful. The average white is ripe but borders on cloying, very few have me reaching for a second glass.
Jan.2010

 

2003 Leroy, Chambolle-Musigny Les FremièresOct. 2006
Deep colour. The nose starts rather closed and meaty, only widening a little over its alloted time in the glass though the nose did eventually become a little more fruit-driven. Versus the Narbantons, this seems to have a better balance and seems less obviously extracted, though the first impression is of a shorter finish. The oak is a little less dominant and slowly the finish seems to open out and become a little creamy. This wine is quite a bit more expensive than de Vogüés young vines Musigny – (i.e. the Chambolle premier cru) and Mugnier and Drouhin’s Musignys – I know where my cash would be.