Domain Comte Liger Belair Vosne Romanée Aux Reignots 2018
In 2018, Domaine du Vicomte Liger Belair produced a red Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru from the Aux Reignots parcel in Burgundy. This wine is crafted from 100% Pinot Noir. The Wine Advocate awards it 94-96/100, while Jancis Robinson rates it 17.5++/20 and recommends drinking between 2028 and 2040. Critics describe a deep and concentrated wine with dark fruits, a dense texture, and powdery tannins, supported by lively freshness and a resolute balance.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Vosne Romanée
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine du Vicomte Liger Belair
- Parcelle / Cru
- Aux Reignots
- Millésime
- 2018
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.
Aux Reignots
Aux Reignots is a climat in Vosne-Romanée officially recognized for the Premier Cru designation, also spelled "Aux Raignots" in regulatory documentation. It occupies the upper part of the hillside, immediately above the La Romanée Grand Cru and south of Les Petits Monts. The site forms a narrow, steeply sloping band oriented to the east, with very thin, stony soils resting quickly on limestone. It is divided among several owners and is not a monopoly.
- Vineyard commune
- Vosne-Romanée
- Origin of the vineyard name
- "Reignots" or "Raignots" in Burgundian patois designates small, rounded, often reddish nodules of flint, reminiscent of kidneys (rognons).
- Exposure
- East
- Altitude
- 280–325 m
- Slope
- Steep and regular, approximately 20%
- Soil
- Very thin, stony clay-limestone soils rich in active limestone, with humus often limited to 20-25 cm and the presence of siliceous nodules.
- Subsoil and geology
- Shallow Jurassic limestone bench; limestone gravel and scree originating notably from the Comblanchien limestones, locally associated with Oolithe Blanche.
Le domaine dans cette parcelle
- Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)
- 0.732000 ha
- Year the vineyard was acquired
- 2002
- Vineyard holding status
- Family-owned property, taken back into direct management in 2002
- Indicative vine age
- In 2017: 30% of the vines were 92 years old, 40% 62 years old, and 30% 32 years old.
Histoire de la parcelle
Aux Reignots was among the vineyards of the vast Liger-Belair estate formed in Vosne-Romanée in the 19th century; a portion was kept by the family after the sales of the 1930s. Historical classifications cited for the climat place it as a Deuxième Cuvée according to Jules Lavalle, Deuxième Classe in 1860, and then Première Classe according to Camille Rodier in 1920. The cross of La Romanée, located above the climat, was erected on June 4, 1978, on the occasion of the jubilee of Canon Just Liger-Belair.
