2016 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Magnum - 1500ml

2016 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Magnum - 1500ml

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2016 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanee Burgundy Rare Magnum - 96-98 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 2016
Rating 96-98 RP - 98 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 2016
Rating 98 BH - 96-98 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 96-98 RP - The 2016 La Romanée Grand Cru has an intense bouquet with extraordinarily pure black and blueberry fruit, beautifully integrated oak, wilted violets emerging with time. It has more flamboyance than the Romanée-Conti tasted the following day, a little more luster. The palate is very well balanced, balancing on a high-wire, paradoxically intense yet one of the most backward and introspective La Romanées that I have encountered from barrel, dense and unforgiving at the moment. This will require serious bottle age, at least a decade, but I love the salinity that kicks in on the finish and the extremely long aftertaste. Outstanding. RP

Wine Spectator

Wine Spectator

Burghound

Burghound 98 BH - A discreetly perfumed and brilliantly layered nose reflects notes of both red and dark berries along with a cornucopia of spice and floral elements. The hallmark sophistication of a fine La Romanée is present in spades with a notably finer mouthfeel to the sleekly textured flavors that juxtapose the refinement of the mid-palate with the firmly structured and youthfully austere finish that delivers stunningly good length. There is superb density and once again an abundance of dry extract that should enable beauty to age for years to come and note well that it's going to need plenty of it. In sum, this is seriously good, indeed the word brilliant comes to mind. BH

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