Domain Comte Liger Belair La Romanee 2003 Magnum
Domaine Comte Liger Belair La Romanée 2003 is a red Burgundy wine from the La Romanée Grand Cru in Vosne-Romanée, produced by Domaine du Vicomte Liger Belair. This 100% Pinot Noir blend comes from the La Romanée parcel. Rated 18/20 by Jancis Robinson, this vintage combines a soft, medicinal expression with dense fruit, while maintaining freshness and vibrancy despite the warmth of the year. The suggested drinking window is from 2011 to 2021.
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine du Vicomte Liger Belair
- Parcelle / Cru
- La Romanée (Vosne Romanée)
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Pinot Noir
Domaine du Vicomte Liger Belair
The Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a family-run estate in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte de Nuits, managed by Count Louis-Michel Liger-Belair. Established in its current form in 2000, it is part of the Liger-Belair family’s history in Vosne, which dates back to 1815. The estate cultivates 10.5 hectares in Vosne-Romanée, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Flagey-Échezeaux, including the La Romanée Grand Cru monopoly.
- Owner
- Famille Liger-Belair (domaine dirigé par le comte Louis-Michel Liger-Belair)
- Maître de chais
- Louis-Michel Liger-Belair
- Surface (ha)
- 10.50 ha
Histoire du domaine
The family’s history in Vosne dates back to 1815, when the Napoleonic general Louis Liger-Belair acquired the Château de Vosne. The estate subsequently expanded under his management and then under that of his adopted son, Count Louis-Charles Liger-Belair, who married Ludovie Marey, a descendant of a Burgundian family of winegrowers and merchants established since 1720. On the death of Count Edgar, son of Louis-Charles, the family estate covered more than 60 hectares, mainly in the Côte de Nuits. In 1924, Count Henri Liger-Belair bequeathed the Château de Vosne-Romanée and 24 hectares of vineyards to his widow and their ten children. The current estate was established in early 2000 by his great-grandson, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair, an agricultural engineer and oenologist. He then took over the management of 1.5 hectares of family-owned vineyards, followed by a further 1.6 hectares in 2002, including La Romanée and Aux Reignots. In 2006, the estate leased 5.5 hectares from the former Lamadon family of sharecroppers. Vineyard management was converted to biodynamic methods in 2008 and has been certified under the Biodyvin label since 2012. In the same year, the estate acquired the Clos des Grandes Vignes, a monopole Premier Cru vineyard in Nuits-Saint-Georges. Louis-Michel Liger-Belair oversees the running of the estate and the winemaking process, from the vineyard to bottling.
La Romanée (Vosne Romanée)
La Romanée is a physically delimited climat in Vosne-Romanée corresponding to a Grand Cru appellation, officially created on September 11, 1936. Located higher on the hillside than Romanée-Conti, it features a marked slope of 12% and a red-brown soil that is less clayey than that of its neighbor. The climat is a monopole and rests primarily on Prémeaux limestones, with chert locally outcropping in its southwestern part.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Slope
- 12%
- Soil
- Red-brown soil, with a relatively low clay texture; eastern part likely on deeper clay-limestone formations.
- Subsoil and geology
- Hard Jurassic Prémeaux limestones, beige-pink and compact, with local siliceous chert.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.845000 ha
- Vineyard holding status
- Owner and monopole; taken back into direct management in 2002
- Indicative vine age
- In 2017: 20% of the vines were 102 years old, 50% were 62 years old, and 30% were between 22 and 42 years old.
Histoire de la parcelle
The current site is the result of the consolidation, between 1815 and 1826, of several small plots formerly designated notably as "Aux Échanges", "En La Romanée" and "Sentier au Prêtre". General Louis Liger-Belair progressively brought them together, and the whole was subsequently registered under the name "La Romanée" in 1827. The terroir was recognized as a Grand Cru appellation d'origine contrôlée on September 11, 1936.
