2012 La Romanée Grand Cru
France
La Romanée
Burgundy
Red
Pinot Noir
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2025 - 2045
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The phrase ‘once-in-a-lifetime,’ so often overused, has never been more apt. This tasting, held to celebrate Liger-Belair’s 200th anniversary, was the most comprehensive retrospective of La Romanée ever staged. When all was said and done, a group of thirteen tasters surveyed an eye-popping 74 different bottlings of the family’s crown jewel La Romanée going back to the 1865.
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2027 - 2052
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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair's finished 2012s from bottle are every bit as thrilling as they were from barrel. Yields were down around 40% across the board, which comes comes through in the sheer richness and depth of the wines. Still, the 2012s stand out for their impeccable overall balance and transparency. Liger-Belair used about 15-20% whole clusters, mostly on 1er Crus with high clay content, such as Chaumes, Suchots, Brulées and Clos des Grandes Vignes, and on the Grand Crus. Liger-Belair added that malos were quite late in 2012, both in relative and absolute terms. Liger-Belair fans will want to take note of two new wines in the range, both from the Clos des Grandes Vignes in Premeaux.
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2026 - 2042
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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair has crafted a set of very rich 2012s that retain good energy for all their creaminess of texture. He predicts that they will be for drinking at about the same time as the 2012s "but for different reasons." The 2013s lead with their fruit, while the 2012s are more about body and structure--and elegance.
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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair describes 2012 as an elegant vintage, like 2010, "but with more body and structure--and not overripe." His overall production was down 40% (the estate-wide yield was just 24 hectoliters per hectare) in 2012 "due to all factors," and he brought in his grapes in just three and a half days beginning on September 22. Potential alcohol levels were between 12.5% and 12.8% and Liger-Belair chaptalized 0.3 or 0.4 degree to extend the fermentations by an extra two or three days. Since 2003, he has been relying far more on pumpovers than punchdowns; in fact, he told me he does just two pigeages per cuvee. Although he continues to age his wines in all new oak, he is cutting back on the wood influence by using more 350-liter barrels, especially for his village wines. As a general rule, his wines from clay soils finished their malos earlier, by mid-March, while the grand crus and the wines from limestone-rich soil finished in mid-July. (A Becky Wasserman selection; importers include Wines Unlimited, www.winesunlimited.com and Veritas Imports, www.veritaswine.com)
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2027 - 2052
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Louis-Michel Liger-Belair made some of the most monumental, majestic wines of the 2012 vintage. Yields were down around 40% across the board, which comes comes through in the sheer richness and depth of the wines. Still, the 2012s stand out for their impeccable overall balance and transparency. Liger-Belair used about 15-20% whole clusters, mostly on 1er Crus with high clay content, such as Chaumes, Suchots, Brulées and Clos des Grandes Vignes, and on the Grand Crus. Liger-Belair added that malos were quite late in 2012, both in relative and absolute terms. Liger-Belair fans will want to take note of two new wines in the range, both from the Clos des Grandes Vignes in Premeaux.
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