Producer Profile
Domaine Type: Grower
Winemaker: Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
Grand Cru Vineyard Holdings:
- La Tâche Grand Cru
- La Romanée Grand Cru
- La Grande Rue Grand Cru
- Romanée Contil Grand Cru
- Romanée Saint-Vivant Grand Cru
- Richebourg Grand Cru
- Echezeaux Grand Cru
- Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru
Premiers Cru Vineyard Holdings:
- Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes
- Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cras
- Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots
- Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots
- Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits Monts
- Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Brulées
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Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 98
Tasted at the La Romanee vertical at Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. The 2013 La Romanee Grand Cru was bottled in April 2015, around eight weeks prior to the La Romanee vertical. There is clearly more fruite on the nose compared to the 2012, pure Morello cherries, wild strawberry and a touch of spice, though there is not quite the same trembling mineral intensity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, a core of pure red cherry and strawberry fruit interlaced with white pepper, orange peel and marmalade. This is a fabulous follow-up to the 2012 but will it have the same profound ethereal nature? I’m not sure and yet it remains a show-stopping wine opening page one of a long future. Tasted June 2015. [Neal Martin, 28/09/2017]
Anticipated maturity: 2030-2060
Vinous 95+
Deep red-ruby. Wonderfully complex if youthfully reticent aromas of black raspberry, graphite minerality, Oriental spices and smoked meat. Rich, broad, dry and classic, showing no easy sweetness in the early going. Ripe berry, mineral and licorice flavors spread out horizontally to saturate the palate. This very young wine boasts outstanding definition and a firmly tannic, building finish that delivers terrific grip. In a very adult style–and for collectors who can delay gratification. [Stephen Tanzer, 03/01/2016]
Anticipated maturity: 2025-2040
