2012 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Magnum - 1500ml

2012 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Magnum - 1500ml

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2012 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Magnum - 99+ 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.


Product Details

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2012
Rating 99+ RP - 96 BH
Bottle Size 1500 ml
Bottle Quantity 1
Country France
Region Burgundy
Location Cote de Nuits
Producer Comte Liger-Belair
Color Red
Wine Type Table

Winery Details

Varietal Pinot Noir
Vintage 2012
Rating 96 BH - 99+ RP
Barrels
Mostly new French Oak 
Style
Burgundian
Owners
Liger-Belair Family
Region La Romanee 
Location France
Producer Liger-Belair Family
Winemaker
Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
Production
300 cases (approx)

Robert Parker

Robert Parker 99+ RP - Tasted at the La Romanée vertical at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. The 2012 La Romanée Grand Cru was astonishing out of barrel and now in bottle...well, I was right. It displays quite astonishing definition and mineralité on the nose that does not hold back. This wants to make an impression and it's going to make it now. The palate is underpinned by a silver thread of acidity, the finest tannin that Louis-Michel has overseen to date, profound focus and sustain on the finish that has balletic poise, a Pinot Noir that trembles with energy. Yes, it is awfully expensive but the quality inside the glass is undeniable. Simply, a magnificent wine.

Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator

Burghound

Burghound 96 BH - Relatively strong reduction flattens the fruit and renders the nose impossible to comment on. Otherwise there is excellent richness to the cool mineral-tinged and seductively textured middle weight flavors that possess a really lovely sense of underlying tension on the clean and pure finish that delivers strikingly good length. 2012 is not an opulent vintage for this wine, in fact it's almost delicate but the gorgeous balance and mid-palate concentration should ensure a very long life. This Zen-like effort should one day be a truly stunning wine. Note that my conclusion assumes that the reduction displayed by the nose will eventually dissipate with age.

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