2009 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 92.1 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BenBlu's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/26/2024 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A very strong bottle after a couple which made me believe this was thinning out and on the way down. This bottle was a different beast. CLB hallmark dark sexy cherry fruit in spades. A touch of reduction in the nose. Very full throttle fruit on the mid palate and while ripe still enough sap here, some savoury elements coming through too touch of bay leaf, gravel notes. I think CLB did really well in 09 (but then which vintage did he not?)… great bottle and this particular bottle will hold for a decade for sure so maybe I park my last two bottles for a bit if I can keep my hands off. Then again one wonders especially for the village if drinking them on the young side is advisable while the winemaker signature is still prominent which I really dig and ultimately I would assume that a village while aging well will loose that and possibly succumb to being “just” what it is, a nice Vosne village rather than something that transcends the level which this does at present.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BenBlu's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/9/2023 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Back to form for this wine (bottle 501 / 2560). A pronounced acidity for the vintage in fact, a faint hint of reduction, and then ripe / sweet attack of macerated cherries on the nose - the palate is a touch more taut and composed. It's not a wine with a long finish but it's just drinking well right now and should hold for 5 years but I would be hesitant to lay it aside for much longer as I feel the fruit will get pushed back too much.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BenBlu's profile
  • Report Issue

  4/11/2023 - BenBlu wrote: 90 Points

  Felt like a root day for this wine. After a great showing in 2019 this slightly disappointed and was a touch sour and tired without following through on the fruit. What's good news is that another recent bottle showed much better so it was either the evening or the bottle of both.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Kemo Sabe's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/13/2020 - Kemo Sabe Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Bright red fruit. Good concentration and texture. This got better with an hour of air out from the bottle (no decant). Mix of red and dark berries, some spice, more nuanced. Really good village level effort.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View johnh1001's profile
  • Report Issue

  6/17/2020 - johnh1001 wrote: 90 Points

  Closed on the nose but great energy on the palate. A bit foursquare by Liger standards, but very impressive.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

View all 17 Community Tasting Notes

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.