FLOAT 100 · Wine · No. 86

Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru 2015

From a quarter of a hectare in Chambolle-Musigny, Lalou Bize-Leroy made a 2015 that drew a perfect score, then became the most expensive bottle of her wine ever sold at auction: $95,600.

Maker: Domaine Leroy
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Realized at auction · May 2026$95,600A realized sale: somebody paid it.

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Producer: Domaine Leroy (Lalou Bize-Leroy), Vosne-Romanee, Burgundy
Vineyard: Musigny Grand Cru, Chambolle-Musigny
Leroy's holding: 0.27 hectares
Whole vineyard: 10.32 hectares in production in 2008 (one source says 10.86)
Grape: Pinot Noir
Typical production: Sources differ: about 300 bottles a year, or fewer than 1,000
2015 harvest: Early September 2015; sources give September 2-8 and September 3-15
Critic scores: Wine Advocate 100, Burghound 98, Vinous 98
Auction record: $95,600 for one bottle, May 2026, the most ever paid at auction for a bottle of Domaine Leroy
Grand cru appellation since: 1936

The grand cru that makes red and white

Musigny is a grand cru in the commune of Chambolle-Musigny, in the Cote de Nuits. Its name comes from the de Musigny family, now extinct, who held offices at the court of the Dukes of Burgundy from the 14th century. Its boundaries were fixed in law in 1929, and the grand cru appellation was created in 1936.

In 2008 it had 10.32 hectares in production and made 307 hectoliters, about 41,000 bottles. It is the only grand cru in the Cote de Nuits that makes both red and white wine, although red makes up more than 90 percent; 0.66 hectares are given to white. Its best-known producers include Mugnier, Roumier, Vogue (the largest), Domaine Leroy and Domaine Tawse.

Domaine Leroy owns just 0.27 hectares of it. Sources disagree on how much wine that makes: one says fewer than 1,000 bottles a year, another about 300.

Lalou Bize-Leroy

The Leroy family business, Maison Leroy, was founded as a merchant house in Auxey-Duresses in 1868 by Francois Leroy. In 1942 Henri Leroy bought a 50 percent stake in the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti. His daughter Lalou, born in 1932, joined the family business in 1955 and became its managing director in 1971.

From 1974 she co-managed the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti with Aubert de Villaine, until she was ousted after disagreements; sources give the year as 1991 or 1992. In 1988 she formed Domaine Leroy by buying the estates of Charles Noellat in Vosne-Romanee and Philippe Remy in Gevrey-Chambertin. The domaine now covers about 22 to 23 hectares and makes around 40,000 bottles a year.

She farms biodynamically, and has since 1988, and keeps yields very low, often under 20 hectoliters per hectare and sometimes as low as 12. One account of her methods describes hand-harvested, rigorously sorted fruit, aging of 14 to 18 months in new oak, and bottling without fining or filtration.

2015 and what the critics found

Lalou Bize-Leroy called 2015 'a magnificent year.' One critic reported that the domaine's 22 hectares were picked in 12 days, from September 3 to 15; another, writing for Burghound, was told the fruit came in between September 2 and 8, and that the wines were bottled in December 2016.

Burghound scored the 2015 Musigny 98 in January 2018, describing 'a kaleidoscopic array of various spices' over red and black fruit, outstanding power and richness, and a finish of 'incredible persistence.' The reviewer warned that it was 'arguably even more masculine than it usually is' yet 'utterly harmonious,' called it 'positively brilliant,' and named it, with the domaine's Chambertin, best in class. He suggested drinking it from 2040.

Wine Advocate's William Kelley gave it 100 in March 2018, finding black raspberry, cherry, rose petal and spice, 'satiny tannins and fruit of crystalline purity,' and a drinking window of 2028 to 2070. Vinous gave 98, calling it 'radiant and super-concentrated' but saying it would need many years in bottle. A fourth critic, scoring 98, wrote of 'grace, power and finesse.'

The world's most expensive wine label

By April 2019, Leroy Musigny had overtaken Romanee-Conti as Burgundy's most expensive wine by average price. In July 2025 it became the first wine to average more than $50,000 a bottle across all its vintages; six years earlier the average had been about $20,000. Twelve of 19 available vintages averaged more than $50,000 and seven more than $60,000.

The 2015 sits at the top of that range. In July 2025 one bottle was listed for sale at $238,000, and in May 2026 a listing at $238,259 was reported. These are asking prices, not sales.

At auction the figure is lower but still a record. At a three-day Burgundy sale held May 13 to 15, 2026, a single bottle of the 2015 from a collection called the Orion Collection sold for $95,600, the highest price ever paid at auction for a bottle of Domaine Leroy. At the same sale, single bottles of the 2012 and 2013 Musigny brought $41,825 and $35,850. Elsewhere, three bottles of the 2009 sold together for HK$875,000.

The numbers

Leroy's holding: 0.27 ha
Whole vineyard: 10.32 ha in production (2008)
Typical production: About 300 to under 1,000 bottles a year (sources differ)
Aging: 14 to 18 months in new oak; unfined, unfiltered
Bottled: December 2016
Wine Advocate: 100 (March 2018), drink 2028-2070
Burghound: 98 (January 2018), drink 2040+
Vinous: 98

Timeline

1868
Francois Leroy founds Maison Leroy in Auxey-Duresses.
1929
Musigny's boundaries are fixed in law.
1936
Musigny becomes a grand cru appellation.
1942
Henri Leroy buys half of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.
1974
Lalou Bize-Leroy begins co-managing the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti.
1988
She forms Domaine Leroy and converts its vineyards to biodynamic farming.
1991
She is ousted from the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti (some sources say 1992).
Sep 2015
The 2015 Musigny is harvested in early September.
Dec 2016
The domaine's 2015s are bottled.
Jan 2018
Burghound publishes a 98-point review.
Mar 2018
Wine Advocate publishes a 100-point review.
Apr 2019
Leroy Musigny overtakes Romanee-Conti as Burgundy's most expensive wine by average price.
Jul 4, 2025
Leroy Musigny becomes the first wine to average more than $50,000 a bottle across all vintages.
May 2026
A single bottle of the 2015 sells for $95,600, an auction record for Domaine Leroy.

The world in 2015

Jan 7, 2015
Gunmen kill 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris.
Apr 25, 2015
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Nepal.
Jul 4, 2015
UNESCO adds the climats of Burgundy to its list of protected world sites.
Jul 14, 2015
NASA's New Horizons makes the first flyby of Pluto.
Jul 14, 2015
Iran agrees to long-term limits on its nuclear program.
Jul 20, 2015
Cuba and the United States restore full diplomatic relations.
Nov 13, 2015
Coordinated terrorist attacks strike Paris.

Price record

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Date	Price	Kind
Jul 2025	$238,000	Asking price, not a saleOne bottle listed for sale. Not a sale.
May 2026	$95,600	Sold at auctionSingle bottle from the Orion Collection, sold at a three-day Burgundy auction May 13-15, 2026; a record for Domaine Leroy.
May 2026	$238,259	Asking price, not a saleReported listing price for the 2015. Not a sale.

A realized auction price is what a buyer actually paid on the date shown, including the buyer's premium where the sale reported it. It is the strongest kind of reference price, and it is a record of one sale of one object on one day, not a promise of what the next example will bring.

By reference price, Domaine Leroy Musigny Grand Cru 2015 is number 1 of 100 in the wine entries of the FLOAT 100. 12 of those 100 rest on a realized sale; the rest carry an asking price or a guide value, and each page says which. Rank within the FLOAT 100 itself (86 here) is editorial: how much an object defines its field, not price alone.

Did you know

Musigny is the only grand cru in the Cote de Nuits that makes both red and white wine.
Leroy's whole Musigny holding is 0.27 hectares, less than 3 percent of the vineyard.
Lalou Bize-Leroy's father owned half of the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, whose flagship her Musigny now outprices on average.
The $95,600 paid for one bottle of the 2015 in 2026 was the most ever paid at auction for any Domaine Leroy wine.
Six years before passing $50,000, the average price of Leroy Musigny was about $20,000.
Lalou Bize-Leroy was not at the domaine when Burghound came to taste the 2015s.

How this page is made

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Realized or not: A realized price is a completed sale. An asking price, an estimate and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
The story: Researched from published records and checked fact by fact. Updated Oct 3, 2026.
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