2018 Vosne Romanee Les Chaumes
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The 2018 Vosne-Romanée Les Chaumes 1er Cru offers ripe, precocious red cherry and crushed strawberry fruit on the nose, which is generous and voluminous in style. The palate is medium-bodied with succulent tannins, fleshy, silky-smooth and caressing, revealing veins of blue fruit toward the peppery finish. This is very fine and oh so seductive, but whether it is a long-term proposition, well, we'll have to wait and see.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
Neal Martin
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The 2018 Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes reveals a lavish bouquet of cherries, exotic spices, sweet soil tones and toasty new oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and supple, with good energy and definition, concluding with a mouthwatering finish.
At the bottom of La Tâche, on the upper part of this premier cru. Above the geological fault with a bit of limestone. 20% whole bunch. Tank sample. Mid greyish crimson. A touch of whole bunch here and thus a change in profile. Almost a minty note. Vegetal from the whole bunch but not leafy. You need a touch of vegetal and bitterness in a wine, suggests Liger-Belair ‘L’amer, c’est le sucre des adultes’ (bitterness is adults’ sugar). Lavender too. Fine papery tannins, a cool dark-red fruit and again impressive elegance. Relatively light on the palate but has fresh length. Tight, long and stony on the finish. (JH)
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.