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 …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2002
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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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2012
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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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2013
La Romanee 2013 is a very charming and juicy effort for the vintage. In the nose layers of juicy organic fruit, forward and quite floral - brought forward by the powerful minerality. On the palate very juicy midpalate fruit with sweet/sour pomegranate and raspberry notes - great energy, transparency …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2006
La Romanee 2006 is a big and juicy wine with considerable weight and power. In the nose layers of red and dark berry fruit, Vosne spices and a intense underlying minerality. On the palate rich and weighty fruit ... deep and layered. It's juicy, powerful and offer a quite dark expression of the …
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