Vosne Romanée Les Chaumes, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair 2017

Here the nose is also well-layered and really quite pretty with its mélange of fresh spiced plus, violet, lavender and Asian-style tea. The attractively vibrant middle weight flavors once again possess a seductive tenderness thanks to the velvet-textured mid-palate, all wrapped in a harmonious and lingering finish that exhibits a touch of bright acid tang. (Drink starting 2027)

Louis-Michel Liger-Belair included a bit of whole clusters in his 2017 les Chaumes. The wine is quite stylish, offering up a very pure nose of black cherries, plums, dark soil tones, woodsmoke, gamebird and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and shows a nice touch of sap at the core, with fine transparency, fairly gentle tannins and a long, tangy and complex finish. This will last decidedly longer than the villages level wines in 2017, but will not need more than a couple of years more bottle age before it too starts to drink with generosity and style. (Drink between 2025-2065)