Domain Comte Liger Belair Vosne Romanee La Colombiere 2020 Bottle (75cl)

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.

Le domaine dans cette parcelle

Estate holding in the vineyard (ha)

0.783000 ha

Year the vineyard was acquired

2000

Vineyard holding status

Family vines taken over for direct operation in 2000

Indicative vine age

In 2017: 30% of the vines were 92 years old, 30% were 72 years old and 40% were 52 years old.

Histoire de la parcelle

The Côte-d'Or departmental archives attest to the late 15th-century early form "Es Courvées dessoubs la Colombière", considered one of the antecedents of the current name. The site has long belonged to the winemaking heritage of the Liger-Belair family, though this continuity of ownership does not necessarily encompass the entirety of the lieu-dit.