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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The La Romanee 2005 is slowly but surely beginning to unfold, and whilst it's still youthful it's offering a lovely drinkability even at this stage. In the nose layers of refined red fruit, very floral and expressive for the vintage - bursting with Vosne spices and filigree minerality. On the palate …
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The La Romanee 2003 is a great succes for the vintage and a quite delightful glass of pinot. Let me say this up front ... I'm not a fan o this hot vintage, and although some wines are improving with cellaring, most wines of this vintage remains dense, hot and in many cases overripe. La Romanee is …
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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 …
