Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
2007La RomanéeGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 93-96
Tasted: Jan 01, 2009
Drink: 2019+
Issue: 33
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Producer note: Louis-Michel Liger-Belair told me that 2007 is a vintage of “extreme precociousness. Unfortunately, after May 15th we had one good day followed by a bad one and as a result, rot pressure was substantial. It was interesting to see that the vineyards that I took over in 2006 had more problems handling the rot than those that are mine and thus used to my viticultural approach. Exactly why I am not sure but I believe that mine are used to fending more for themselves. With the cool weather you absolutely had to have relatively low yields to obtain good phenolic ripeness. We began picking on September 1st and picked quickly, finishing on the 5th. We had excellent sugars at between 12.5 and 13.5% though yields were fully 30% less than a normal crop. I vinified the ’07s about like I normally do. As to the wines, it’s a good vintage to have after the more substantial vintages of 2005 and 2006 as the wines are generous, approachable and should drink well early.” As the scores and comments suggest, the in-bottle ’06s have turned out very well and while most of the wines in the range were not there in 2005, those that are were not far off the performance achieved in that great vintage, a high compliment to the quality of the Liger-Belair ’06s. (A Becky Wasserman/Le Serbet Selection – additional distributors include Veritas Imports, Beverly Hills, CA and USA Wine Imports for “Selection Pas Mal”, New York, NY; Justerini & Brooks and Richards Walford, UK).
Tasting note: As it usually is, the nose is positively kaleidoscopic with a wonderful breadth of red and black fruit aromas, violets and Asian spice nuances that continues onto the rich, full and very stylish medium full flavors blessed with impressive amounts of supporting mid-palate sap that relegate the firm tannic spine to the background for the moment before exploding into a youthfully austere and mouth coating finish that seems to go on and on. This is not an especially big La Romanée but like several of its brethren, it’s tightly focused, balanced and carries enormous flavor authority.
Domaine du Comte Liger Belair, La Romanee Grand Cru
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
2007La RomanéeGrand Cru Red barrel
Score: 93-96
Tasted: Jan 01, 2009
Drink: 2019+
Issue: 33
Don’t miss!
Producer note: Louis-Michel Liger-Belair told me that 2007 is a vintage of “extreme precociousness. Unfortunately, after May 15th we had one good day followed by a bad one and as a result, rot pressure was substantial. It was interesting to see that the vineyards that I took over in 2006 had more problems handling the rot than those that are mine and thus used to my viticultural approach. Exactly why I am not sure but I believe that mine are used to fending more for themselves. With the cool weather you absolutely had to have relatively low yields to obtain good phenolic ripeness. We began picking on September 1st and picked quickly, finishing on the 5th. We had excellent sugars at between 12.5 and 13.5% though yields were fully 30% less than a normal crop. I vinified the ’07s about like I normally do. As to the wines, it’s a good vintage to have after the more substantial vintages of 2005 and 2006 as the wines are generous, approachable and should drink well early.” As the scores and comments suggest, the in-bottle ’06s have turned out very well and while most of the wines in the range were not there in 2005, those that are were not far off the performance achieved in that great vintage, a high compliment to the quality of the Liger-Belair ’06s. (A Becky Wasserman/Le Serbet Selection – additional distributors include Veritas Imports, Beverly Hills, CA and USA Wine Imports for “Selection Pas Mal”, New York, NY; Justerini & Brooks and Richards Walford, UK).
Tasting note: As it usually is, the nose is positively kaleidoscopic with a wonderful breadth of red and black fruit aromas, violets and Asian spice nuances that continues onto the rich, full and very stylish medium full flavors blessed with impressive amounts of supporting mid-palate sap that relegate the firm tannic spine to the background for the moment before exploding into a youthfully austere and mouth coating finish that seems to go on and on. This is not an especially big La Romanée but like several of its brethren, it’s tightly focused, balanced and carries enormous flavor authority.
