I used to be slightly ambivalent about the big houses in Burgundy .... in some sense it's tremendously impressive they can produce an almost infinite number of bottles each year and still maintain a high quality, on the other hand one sometimes feels that something is missing .... a human touch or a …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne La Colombiere 2011
The Colombiere 2011 is showing well from bottle. The nose is offering pure red berry fruit with a lovely Vosne spicyness - notes of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely quite silky and very harmonious fruit - with a nice tension from the underlying minerality. It's very focused for a village …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne Clos du Chateau 2011
The Clos du Chateau 2011 is a quite adorable Vosne village. The nose is offering delicate red berry fruit with loads of stony minerality and Vosne spices - hints of violets and peony rose. On the palate lovely harmonious fruit - refined and focused for this level - and all is focused by the …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, La Romanee 2011
La Romanee 2011 is a very impressive and gorgeous expression of Vosne terroir. The bouquet is intense and refined with cool red berry fruit - complex spicy aromas with notes of violets, pomegranate and rose petals - and last but least layers of filligree mineralty. On the palate intense …
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Domaine Dublere, Volnay Taillepeids 2010
The Volnay Taillepieds 2010 from Dublere is a magnificent Volnay. The bouquet is slightly closed but still offering pure crystalline red berry fruit with notes of cherries and raspberries. On the palate intense red fruit - airy and very transparent - with a perfect view to the wonderfully mineralic …
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