This is the 2020 edition of the Golden Dragon Collection, an eight-bottle wooden case that Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair puts together from its own climats for Asian markets. The bottles wear gold capsules rather than the standard blue, so an intact case is easy to recognise.
About This Collection
2020 was a warm, dry year with very little disease and an early harvest. The Côte de Nuits produced deeply coloured, ripe reds that kept lively acidity, and the vintage is widely expected to age for a long time. The Golden Dragon line-up changes from year to year; recent editions have been built around two bottles of La Romanée alongside Echézeaux, Aux Reignots and Clos des Grandes Vignes. All the wines are Pinot Noir from the domaine's biodynamically farmed vines or its organic Clos de Vougeot contract.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Black cherry, blackberry and crushed violet, with sweet spice from new oak and, in the Vosne wines, a cool stony edge.
- Palate: Dense and ripe for Burgundy, with fresh acidity running through the dark fruit and a firm, polished grip on the grand crus.
- Finish: Long, with liquorice, dark cherry and a savoury mineral note that should grow with age.
Serving & Food
Most of these bottles are best left alone until the early 2030s. When the time comes, stand them upright a day ahead, pour at around 16°C into wide Burgundy glasses and give the grand crus an hour in a decanter. Aged Comté, roast partridge or beef fillet with a red wine and shallot sauce make good company.
How to Enjoy
A cellar case of 2020 red Burgundy that puts several Liger-Belair sites next to each other from one strong vintage.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
Collection: Golden Dragon Collection
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, France
Grape: Pinot Noir
Capsule: Gold (Golden Dragon edition)
Format: 8 x 750mL original wooden case
About the Maison
The family's hold on Vosne-Romanée very nearly ended in 1933. After Comte Henri died in 1924 and his widow in 1931, ten heirs, two of them minors, could not keep the estate together, and the vineyards went to public auction, La Tâche among them. Two brothers, the priest Just Liger-Belair and Michel, grandfather of today's Comte, pooled what they had and bought back La Romanée, part of Aux Reignots and Les Chaumes. For roughly seventy years those vines were worked by sharecroppers and the wine went to négociants. The present Comte ended that arrangement between 2000 and 2002, and he now farms and vinifies every parcel himself.