2015 Vosne Romanee Les Suchots
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The 2015 Vosne-Romanée Les Suchots 1er Cru has a voluminous, intense, slightly feral bouquet featuring layers of red berry fruit and possibly just a touch of brettanomyces (which for me does not detract from the overall aromatic profile). The well-focused, medium-bodied palate offers supple tannin, a crisp line of acidity and sappy blueberry and wild strawberry scents toward the sleek, silky-smooth finish. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
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Steen Öhman, Winehog
Neal Martin
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Tasted blind, the 2015 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots wafts from the glass with notes of ripe dark berries, Asian spices, smoked duck and a lavish application of creamy high-quality new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, ample and multidimensional, with succulent balancing acids and a generous endowment of fine-grained structuring tannin that makes it one of the more shut down of Liger-Belair's premiers crus. This is carrying quite a bit of overt new oak, but it has the substance to integrate it with some bottle age.
Cask sample. Intense drive and gamey with black-fruit flavours on the nose. Racy and even a little leathery. Acidity in evidence. Lots of energy and a bit less richness than the Chaumes. (JR)
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.