🏰A rare and elegant expression from the 2011 Burgundy vintage, Du Vicomte Liger Belair's Vosne Romanee Les Chaumes 1er Cru offers a distinctly floral and spicy nose of red and black fruits, leading to a silky, pure, and beautifully balanced palate with an extended finish. The 2011 Burgundy vintage was generally good, yielding wines with "lots of color and fruit, together with good acidity and souplesse." Les Chaumes is known as one of the more easy-going premier crus in Vosne, and this particular wine is a rare bird, with only around 550 bottles produced in this vintage. Louis-Michel Liger-Belair has incorporated a bit of stems in fermentation to enhance structural integrity. The nose is very fresh and distinctly floral, with pretty spice notes, purple fruit aromas, plums, red and black cherries, a touch of cinnamon, lovely soil tones, vinesmoke, duck, and cedar, as well as secondary florals and faded roses. The palate is silky smooth, even satiny, with extraordinary purity of middle-weight flavors, deep, fullish, and very sappy at the core, with suave, moderate tannins and lovely focus and balance on the long and tangy finish. It presents somewhere between fresh and jammy fruits, with a big and full mouthfeel and undetectable tannins at this stage, leading to a nice extended finish. 🍴 Excellent with duck, goose, and game birds. Also pairs well with roasted poultry, mushroom risotto, or fine charcuterie. 🥂 A delightful wine for a special dinner, a Burgundy tasting, or for enjoying with discerning friends. Some notes suggest it's something to start drinking up.