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2011 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy - 750ml
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2011 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy - 750ml

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2011 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy - 97 pts!
Louis-Michel Liger-Belair founded this Domaine in 2000, but the Liger-Belair family has been making fine wines in Vosne-Romanée for almost 200 years. Louis Liger-Belair, a general for Napoleon, acquired the Château de Vosne and an impressive number of prime parcels in 1815. As is the case with the history of many Burgundian Domaines, however, inheritance laws caused the family holdings to fracture, and by the mid-20th century, the Liger-Belair family had returned to the military profession, with Count Henry, Louis-Michel’s father, attaining the rank of general just like their ancestor Louis. A young Louis-Michel, however, declared his intentions to eventually take over the remaining family holdings and he did just that in 2000 after finishing his studies in agricultural engineering and oenology.

Today, the glory of the Liger-Belair name lives on in this small-production but prestigious Domaine that counts among its holdings the smallest grand cru in Burgundy and the smallest AOC in France, La Romanée, of which it is the sole owner. Louis-Michel believes that the quality of the wines he produces lies in the vineyard; he maintains that the vine is a living entity and it should not be subjected to anything that we ourselves could not tolerate. The Domaine abides by the belief that the less one does in the winery and in the cellar, the better the wines turn out.

Comte Liger-Belair's mostly Pinot Noir-based wines are made using biodynamic principles, and vineyards are plowed by horse. Short maceration times are favoured to avoid over-extraction, and the Domaine uses mostly new oak.

Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair's elegantly structured wines are highly sought-after, despite the Domaine's youth. The La Romanée monopole wine is regularly among the most expensive wines produced in Burgundy.

      

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2011
Rating 94 BH - 97 RP
Bottle Size 750 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Comte du Liger-Belair
Color Red
Wine Type Table
Robert Parker 97 RP - 2011 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy - A wonderfully fresh, restrained, cool and superbly elegant nose features a wonderful array of spices along with violet, red currant, plum and rose petals along with the hallmark wet stone nuances. There is equally superb focus to the refined, delineated and powerful medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by exceptionally fine tannins that are perfectly well-integrated on the energetic and explosively persistent finish. This will require plenty of patience to reach its full potential. BH The 2011 La Romanee Grand Cru is a scintillating proposition. It still has a spellbinding bouquet that roots your feet to the spot: mineral-laden with those limestone scents, as if traipsing across wet, wild moorland. The palate is brilliantly balanced with fresh citric acidity that sends a bolt of electricity pulsing through this grand cru, though the finish has retained its femininity and weightlessness that marks it out as perhaps a more approachable La Romanee that other vintages. Outstanding. RP
Wine Spectator
Burghound 94 BH - An ultra-fresh, restrained, cool and superbly elegant nose features a wonderful array of spices along with the distilled essence of red cherry liqueur violet, plum and rose petals along with the hallmark wet stone nuances. There is equally superb focus to the refined, delineated and powerful medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by exceptionally fine tannins that are perfectly well-integrated on the energetic and explosively persistent and mildly austere finish that quickly tightens up. This doesn't have the mid-palate density of its 2010 and 2012 counterparts but I very much admire the seamless delivery. BH
Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2011
Rating 94 BH - 97 RP
Barrels
 Mostly new French Oak 
Style
 Burgundian
Owners
 Liger-Belair Family
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Liger-Belair Family
Winemaker
 Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
Production
 300 cases (approx)
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    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 2011
    Rating 94 BH - 97 RP
    Bottle Size 750 ml
    Bottle Quantity 1
    Country France
    Region Burgundy
    Location Cote de Nuits
    Producer Liger-Belair Family
    Color Red
    Wine Type Table
    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 2011
    Rating 94 BH - 97 RP
    Barrels
    Style
    Owners
    Region Burgundy
    Location Cote de Nuits
    Producer Liger-Belair Family
    Winemaker
    Production
    		 300 cases (approx)
    Robert Parker Rating
    Antonio Galloni Rating
    Wine Spectator Rating
    Burghound Rating 94 BH - An ultra-fresh, restrained, cool and superbly elegant nose features a wonderful array of spices along with the distilled essence of red cherry liqueur violet, plum and rose petals along with the hallmark wet stone nuances. There is equally superb focus to the refined, delineated and powerful medium-bodied flavors that are shaped by exceptionally fine tannins that are perfectly well-integrated on the energetic and explosively persistent and mildly austere finish that quickly tightens up. This doesn't have the mid-palate density of its 2010 and 2012 counterparts but I very much admire the seamless delivery. BH

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