Three bottles of Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanée 2010, packed in the original wooden case. The wine is the domaine's grand cru monopole in Vosne-Romanée, from a vintage many Burgundy writers rate very highly.
About This Wine
2010 was a cool, clean season with poor flowering that cut the crop hard. What remained ripened slowly, and Côte de Nuits reds of the year are admired for purity, detail and firm structure. A three-bottle case suits that slow build: one bottle in the early 2030s to check progress, the other two later in the decade.
Tasting Profile
- Nose: Wild strawberry, red cherry and peony, with graphite, white pepper and a savoury, earthy undertone.
- Palate: Silky at first, then tightening into layered red fruit, chalky minerality and fine, persistent tannin.
- Finish: Very long, lifted by fresh acidity, with spice and floral notes lingering.
Serving & Food
While the wine is still firm, decanting helps: give it about 90 minutes and pour at 16 to 17°C into Burgundy bowls. Venison loin, Peking duck or wild mushrooms on toasted brioche are strong matches.
How to Enjoy
A small vertical in waiting: three bottles of one wine to follow as it matures, kept together in the domaine's case.
Product Details
Producer: Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
Appellation: La Romanée Grand Cru Monopole
Region: Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, Burgundy
Country: France
Vintage: 2010
Grape: Pinot Noir
Presentation: 3-bottle OWC
Volume: 750mL each
About the Domaine
La Romanée lies at the centre of Vosne-Romanée's cluster of grand crus. Romanée-Conti is directly below it, Richebourg to the north, La Grande Rue to the south and the premier cru Aux Reignots upslope. The gradient is a little steeper than Romanée-Conti's and the topsoil a little thinner. The domaine describes a reddish-brown surface resting on compact, pink-beige Prémeaux limestone on the west side of the parcel, dotted with flint-like nodules of silica, and deeper clay-limestone further east. In 2017 a fifth of the vines were over a hundred years old, and an average crop fills about twelve barrels.