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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The La Romanee 2004 is now quite matured and showing beautifully ... especially considering the vintage. In the bouquet fine matured red fruit, lovely complexity with delicate Vosne spices and a fine expression of sous-bois. On the palate fine and pure fruit, medium body, transparent with a nice …
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The La Romanee 2007 is delightfully open and charming, just like the ofter 07s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. In the bouquet pure red fruit, lovely transparency and complexity - bursting with Vosne spices cinnamon, violets, peony rose and hint of sous-bois - very floral with the minerality …
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The celebration of the 200 years anniversary of the Liger-Belair family in Burgundy offered the opportunity to taste 12 vintages of La Romanee from 2002 to 2013. This is a rare treat indeed, and it gave me the chance to explore this magnificent terroir in depth - to find the esssence of La …
The La Romanee 2002 is approaching a semi-matured stage. In the nose pure layers of red fruit, lovely depth and complexity, brought forward by a lovely Vosne spicyness - cinnamon, violets and peony rose - supported by a magnificently intense underlying minerality. On the palate quite lush red fruit, …
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La Romanee 2012 is a intense and delightful effort offering a lovely transparent view to the mighty La Romanee terroir. In the nose lovely juicy red and dark berry fruit, quite floral, refined and organic with a lovely Vosne spicyness and minerality. On the palate very juicy and deep fruit .. …
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