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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Nuits-Saint-Georges Aux Cras is a quite new wine in the Liger-Belair collection - first vintage was 2006. I have a soft spot for this fine terroir - and the 2007 is really starting to show the qualities now. In the bouquet red and blue berry fruits with notes of liquorice and a hint of oak. On …
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The Aux Reignots 2009 from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a very impressive 1er cru. In the bouquet red and blue berries with hints of gooseberries and fine Vosne spices. The oak is still somewhat forward in the nose. Very focused on the palate with a powerfull mineralic framework. The fruit is …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is one of the rising stars of Burgundy, and after 10 years of production one of the very top domaines in Vosne Romanee. Louis-Michel Liger-Belair took over in 2000 and has gradually expanded the domaine and the portfolio of wines during the past 10 years. I have …
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The 2007 Clos du Chateau is a very good but also typical 2007. In the bouquet sweet pinot fruit with red and dark berries - notes of raspberries, cherries, rose petal - with a oak/vanilla impression. On the palate sweet and slightly candied fruit, quite intense and silky - but perhaps lacking a bit …
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The Clos du Chateau 2009 is a beautiful wine - slightly more advanced than the bottle tasted a week before in Beaune .. and with a more forward expression. In the bouquet fine fruityness with red and dark forest berries, fine Vosne spices + hints of violets ans peony rose. On the palate a big step …
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