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• BenBlu Likes this wine: 97 points

  December 10, 2022 - Drank with 07 and 09 this was the “weak” link tonight but on a crazy high level. More brooding than other bottles I had but still consistent just lacking as the 07 and 09 were very accessible. But 08 got better with air and it’s sweet sour interplay is magical when I showed. I would actually tuck those away now for 5-10 years plus as it feels they have been shutting down a touch. And drink 07 now if you must. Sensational potential.

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• BenBlu Likes this wine: 99 points

  July 23, 2022 - A consistently great wine is La Romanee 08. It’s visually quite pale in fact, but let that not mislead you for it failing to pack a punch. Screaming nose of umami, sweet sour roast pork. It’s crystalline and meaty/savoury at the same time. The sour cherry fruit is sappy, carries long. It’s hauntingly salty on the tounge. What an amazing wine (again) but interestingly it feels bested by the 06 Romanee opened a day prior. However, some decant cranks it up to 11, they are in fact fairly similar then (06 and 08) but today somewhat surprisingly the 06 prevails and of course it may just be that bottle.

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• BenBlu Likes this wine: 99 points

  June 13, 2022 - Comte Liger Belair Romanee 08 is a near perfect wine even already today as simple as that. My second time with this wine and it has this extra gear - layers of umami, truffle - in addition to the silky fine regal fruit. Coming after a strong set of various Richebourg wines (including DRC 14) it was immediately apparent that the game with upped yet again by our generous host Karl with this amazing blind "bonus" bottle. So good today one can only try and imagine what it will be in another decade. Glorious stuff.

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• Burgnick wrote: 88 points

  June 2, 2022 - Disappointing. It does not hold up in the glass. Lacks the purity and intensity of a La Romanee. Not an issue of provenance.

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• BenBlu Likes this wine: 99 points

  September 1, 2021 - Fairly pale in colour, transculent really. Earth, mushroom, wild strawberry, umami (!!!) galore which for me seems to be the single clue of this sacred terroir?! Like ultra Thick sesame oil, but then it’s a firecracker and a dancer. The real deal and while 09 and 12 are more substantial this is a great wine to drink today and for the next decade. Truly special. Bottle 2044/3058. Over time it just goes better even in the decanter. Close your eyes it is sweet sour poised dynamite on the nose and umami laden sour and sweet intertwined plum. It toys with you and it just escalates. Let yourself be toyed with. You cannot even get near the glass to not be immersed in this magic dust, there is a c 5 inch radius around the glass after half an hour of air that simply swallows you whole. No(t many wine) other wines can do this.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Nuits
• Appellation La Romanée Grand Cru

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• In Cellars 457 (66%)
• Consumed 220 (32%)

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