Comte Liger-Belair is sort of the origin of Winehog, as it was at this very Domaine where Winehog made its debut at a tasting with Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, Clive Coates and Roy Richards the former agent of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. Some very competent Burgundy tasters ... and this afternoon …
Vosne Clos des Réas
Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair – First Taste of the 2023s
One of my most exciting tastings this month was the first sampling of the 2023s from Comte Liger-Belair, including a number of new wines from the estate's 2022 expansion. With the '22 vintage, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair got new plots in Grands Echezeaux, Vosne-Romanée Les Malconsorts, La Croix …
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Visit to Domaine Michel Gros – Tasting the 2020s
When you have tasted Burgundy wines for 30 years, and have enjoyed vintages from 1929 to 2021, you know that there's a thing you could call "fashion" in Burgundy winemaking, for wont of a better term. It encompasses what is common and popular, and also what is not. One could say that current …
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Vineyard Insight: Vosne Romanee Clos des Réas
The Vosne-Romanee appellation is famous for it's old grand cru monopoles - Romanee-Conti and La Romanee. There are however other monopoles in Vosne-Romanee, and while La Tâche and La Grande Rue are prominent monopoles today - they are in fact relatively new as they were formed in the 1930s. There …
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