2007 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru "Aux Reignots"

Good full red. Raspberry, minerals and complex soil tones on the nose. Sweet, suave and creamy but at the same time sappy, juicy and deep, with resounding, lightly saline flavors of raspberry and pungent minerality. Amazingly flashy wine today, with its smooth tannins buried in sweet fruit. (ST)

This is really quite pretty with its expressive nose that is composed of darker Pinot fruit that exude background notes of a fine spiciness and violets as well as a subtle hint of volatile acidity (VA). There is a lovely sense of energy to the delicious medium weight flavors that that possess ample mid-palate sap that coats and stains the palate before finishing with a mineral-driven finish. This is a classic Reignots that is focused like a laser and while the flavors are not especially big, they carry a disproportionate impact. The VA is just enough to detract from the overall purity but not so much as to affect the quality of the finish. Note that remarkably enough this is not so structured as to be undrinkable now even in this very large format bottling.