Comte Liger-Belair

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château

By billn on June 16, 2011

Medium colour. The nose soars with a perfume that has roses and an impression of stems – I remember he said their were none – so I check again; “trust me!” he says. Oh well – it’s lovely anyway. Transparent, elegant, lithe and beautifully focused. I have an impression of the floral notes in the mouth too. There is no ‘oomph’ just understated intensity. Very lovely and hard to appreciate where all that new oak has gone!

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée La Colombière

By billn on June 04, 2011

Medium colour. The nose for over two hours wears a background cloak of reduction yet the dark red fruit is easy to discern. Across the tongue it’s light and lithe with a fine layer of velvet tannin and an intensity that grows in the mid-palate. There is a little flavour of reduction too – even the last glass saved for day 2. I’m a little concerned by this reduction but frankly it did little to stop the wine being finished with great enjoyment.

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château

By billn on May 16, 2011

Medium colour. Precocious aromas of roses and red fruits – super. Velvet tannin with just an edge of ‘grab’. Beautiful acidity – a wine of beautiful balance.

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots

By billn on May 16, 2011

Floral aromas. The palate has great poise but is really distinguished by its dense, flavourful finish – I’d finish it myself given half the chance.

2008 Comte Liger-Belair Echézeaux

By billn on May 16, 2011

Medium-plus colour. Floral – roses and violets. Textured, partly the tannin but interestingly so, yet this is quickly forgotten given the gorgeous flavour. Can you (ever) have enough of this wine…(?)

2008 Comte Liger-Belair La Romanée

By billn on May 16, 2011

I started writing transparent, but I think I really mean ethereal, flowers and fruit – exquisitely detailed. Density though no apparent weight, this has quite some understatement; just a subtly haunting length…

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