2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Les Suchots Burgundy - 750ml

2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne Romanee 1er Cru Les Suchots Burgundy - 750ml

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2014 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne Romanee 1 er Cru Les Suchots Burgundy - 94 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 2014
Rating 94 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
Rating 94 RP - The 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru les Suchots has a bouquet that is very...Suchots, that is to say more opulent than its siblings, rounded with dark cherries and crème de cassis, good volume, especially for this vintage. The palate is well balanced with good structure, a touch of salinity on the entry, flattering as Suchots normally are, though with good structure and focus on the white pepper-dashed finish. This has great potential.
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Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2014
Rating 94 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
75 cases (approx)
    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 2014
    Rating 94 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
    Varietal Pinot Noir
    Vintage 2014
    Rating 94 RP
    Barrels
    Mostly new French Oak
    Style
    Burgundian
    Owners
    Liger-Belair Family
    Region Burgundy
    Location Cote de Nuits
    Producer Comte du Liger-Belair
    Winemaker
    Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
    Production
    75 cases (approx)
    Robert Parker Rating 94 RP - The 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru les Suchots has a bouquet that is very...Suchots, that is to say more opulent than its siblings, rounded with dark cherries and crème de cassis, good volume, especially for this vintage. The palate is well balanced with good structure, a touch of salinity on the entry, flattering as Suchots normally are, though with good structure and focus on the white pepper-dashed finish. This has great potential.
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    Wine Spectator Rating
    Burghound Rating

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