2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Echézeaux Grand Cru
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The 2019 Echézeaux Grand Cru has just a tinge of boot polish on the nose, though I appreciate the delineation and fruit profile. Aromas of raspberry, wild strawberry, incense and dried iris flower linger. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins. This is quite pliant and fleshy, though like a couple of other Echézeaux, the oak feels just a bit top-heavy on the finish. However, I believe it will integrate with time. Patience is required, because as it opens, the energy at its core becomes undeniable. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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Jancis Robinson MW
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Wafting from the glass with notes of sweet berry fruit, burning embers, plums, loamy soil, exotic spices and creamy new oak, Liger-Belair's 2019 Echézeaux Grand Cru is full-bodied, rich and concentrated, with a layered core of fruit, powdery tannins and succulent acids. It's a bold, dramatic wine that's very promising.
The 2019 Echézeaux Grand Cru needed a bit of coaxing from the glass, and a touch of reduction remained in place. Skipping the nose, then, the palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, offering a mixture of black fruit with veins of blue. Structured and perhaps a tad austere for a 2019 Echézeaux, it has plenty of freshness and a persistent spicy finish that lasts 45–60 seconds. Patience will be required, but there’s a very classy Echézeaux waiting to evolve here.
About the producer
Since its rebirth in 2000, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair has quickly become one of the most highly sought-after producers in Vosne-Romanée. The most prized wine from the estate is their monopole Grand Cru La Romanée.