Comte Liger-Belair – 2013
Tasted in Vosne with Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, 6th November 2014. Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair 1 Rue du Château 21700 Vosne-Romanée Tel: +33 3 80 62 13 70+33… Read More
welcome back: c marey & comte liger-belair…
Louis-Michel Liger-Belair has been a busy boy. Not only has he been re-designing the family Audi A3*, but he has been remodelling his affairs in Vosne-Romanée too. The name of the business C.Marey was first recorded in Nuits St.Georges in 1720. In 1852, Guillaume-Félix Marey, together with the… Read More
comte liger-belair 2007 vosne clos du chateau
2007 Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château Just about medium colour – and not all that young looking. Here is such a heady perfume; redolent of stems (even though Louis-Michel insists he de-stems) a very subtle vanilla and… Read More
comte liger-belair 2008 vôsne clos du château
For comparison; the cork of Louis-Michel Liger-Belair’s 2008 next to the tiny cork of the ’85 Richebourg. 2008 Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée Clos du Château Medium colour. The nose soars with a perfume that… Read More
2008 comte liger-belair vosne la colombière
2008 Comte Liger-Belair, Vosne-Romanée La Colombière 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… Read More
The 2007’s of Comte Liger-Belair
I visited Domaine Comte Liger-Belair a little later in the year than has been my ‘tradition’, but this gave me the opportunity see the stunning ‘extension’ to the cuverie that has seen a crane dominate the Vosne sky-line for over 1 year. When you or I talk of an extension,… Read More
Comte Liger-Belair & the case of the Lamadon Echézeaux
Main Profile: Domaine Comte Liger-Belair Here. The first ‘herald’ that you are arriving in Vosne-Romanée, at least for the last weeks, has been the long-distance sighting of a large yellow construction crane – sprouting from somewhere in the centre of the village. Like following a rainbow to… Read More
Profile: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair (Vosne)
UPDATE: Autumn 2008, The 2007’s of Comte Liger-Belair UPDATE: Summer 2007, Liger-Belair & the case of the Lamadon Echézeaux There must be something in the air, or perhaps it’s the water but all of a sudden the wine world is full of Liger-Belairs: There is… Read More
liger-belair’s 2006 echézeaux
2006 Comte Liger-Belair, Echézeaux Louis-Michel’s first vintage. I think that this is probably my last bottle – I hope to be proven wrong one day with a cellar find… That’s a lovely nose but it starts out rather timid – aerating works some magic with a… Read More