Floor and Ceiling, Same House
Same hands, same year — France's smallest grand cru beside its village sibling. Two monopoles of Comte Liger-Belair, both 2006, opened side by side after twenty years: the domaine's starting point against its summit.
Vintage 2006
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Bottle 1,319 of 3,330
The label states it plainly: 3,330 bottles harvested, and this is number 1,319. From 0.67 hectares of sixty-year-old vines — the smallest production at the domaine, and for decades DRC's only white.
Ninety-Five Percent Cabernet
California's first proprietary Bordeaux blend, in a year when the blend was almost entirely one grape. Six estate vineyards, two years in new oak, and a cool, late vintage that rewarded patience — opened at fifteen.
Pavie's Neighbour Across the Line
The Saint-Émilion limestone plateau does not stop at the appellation boundary. Gérard Perse of Pavie bought a clos on the far side of that line in 2001 and made it with the same team. The 2006, at fourteen years.
A Burgundy Obsessive in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Kevin Harvey planted Pinot Noir in his backyard on an old Christmas-tree farm and decided the Santa Cruz Mountains could do what Burgundy does. The Alpine Vineyard 2006 is from the years when that was still a theory.