Comte Liger Belair, Romanee Vintage:2011 A brooding and restrained nose

A brooding and restrained nose of notably cool red currant

(70% whole clusters)

tobacco leaf and floral notes stand out here

it could be a bit more generous

Comte Liger Belair, Romanee Vintage:2011 A brooding and restrained noseRelatively strong reduction flattens the fruit and renders the nose impossible to comment on. Otherwise there is excellent richness to the cool mineral tinged and seductively textured middle weight flavors that possess a really lovely sense of underlying tension on the clean and pure finish that delivers strikingly good length. 2012 is not an opulent vintage for this wine, in fact it's almost delicate but the gorgeous balance and mid palate