| Comte Liger Belair |
Echezeaux |
2010 |
AM 92-95 |
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: Echezeaux
Tasting note: Very mild reduction diminishes only slightly the interest of the red currant, violets, earth and exuberant spice notes. There is excellent volume to the very rich, round and pure medium-bodied flavors that possess highly sophisticated tannins that are already well integrated on the powerful, focused and stunningly long finish. This is generous to the point of opulence on the mid-palate yet there is again faultless balance that suggests that this should age effortlessly. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
La Romanee |
2010 |
NM 97-99 |
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: La Romanee
The La Romanee has one of those bouquets when you instantly know it is “the business”. There is no need to patiently wait and coax out the aromas; it instantly delivers a heady smorgasbord of haunting dark berry fruit inflected with scents of flint and limestone. The palate is medium-bodied with strict tannins, very linear at this stage, yet there is incredible poise married with ineffable delicacy. This must count as one of the finest La Romanee’s since it was prized out of Bouchard’s hands. Stunning, even if you do not get much change out of a tenner. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Nuits St Georges Les Lavieres |
2010 |
AM 89-91 |
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: Nuits St Georges Les Lavieres
Tasting note: Reduction. The supple and round flavors are deceptively forward as this glides across the palate before culminating in an extract rich and mouth coating finish that tightens up quickly to reveal a firm tannic spine and excellent length. This too is a villages of excellent quality. from a .13 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée |
2010 |
AM 89-91 |
-
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: Vosne Romanée
Tasting note: A fresh, elegant and admirably pure nose of red and blue pinot fruit trimmed in spice and violets leads to cool and equally pure middle weight flavors that possess a velvety mouth feel before terminating in a precise and persistent finish. This is a really lovely villages and worth a look. LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée 1er Chaumes |
2010 |
AM 90-93 |
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Chaumes
Tasting note: Reduction. The medium-bodied and very appealingly textured medium-bodied flavors possess excellent mid-palate concentration and fine volume all the while preserving the silky mouth feel on the firm, precise and solidly persistent finish. This is very Vosne with a lovely inner mouth perfume. from vines planted in 1945; in 2010 this was vinified with <15% whole clusters LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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| Comte Liger Belair |
Vosne Romanée 1er Reignots |
2010 |
AM 92-95 |
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Burgundy |
S/O
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Wine: Vosne Romanée 1er Reignots
Tasting note: Reduction. A wonderfully beguiling inner mouth perfumed of spice and black fruit liqueur adds considerable interest to the intensely mineral-inflected middle weight flavors that possess a highly sensuous mouth feel, all wrapped in a transparent, tension-filled and impeccably well-balanced finish that delivers truly superb length. This is an exceptionally classy and refined effort. the Liger-Belair vines in this small vineyard run from top to bottom whereas the others are situated in segments; Cathiard is on top, Grivot in the middle and Arnoux at the bottom LANDING DECEMBER 2012
Producer: Comte Liger Belair
None
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