BEAUNE, CLOS DU ROI, LIGER BELAIR 1947: This was a recorked bottle (at the factory) that I've tasted several times before. It never was this great. It was always a little small, typically Beaunue, but that night it was a giant. Very young berries stood out on the nose. The attack on the tongue was huge and very powerful with fruit and not quite resolved tannins. If the vintage is genuine, I suspect that they used a very young wine to top off the bottle. The dark colour of the robe indicated late fifties to early sixties. The finish, like the taste, was huge and interminable, promising a real champion when the tannins resolve. Unquestionably the best wine at the table but not the most enjoyable. I just couldn't score it less than 20 though!
Lee Kramer, March 31, 1987
Beaune, Clos du Roi--Vintage 1947
8 bottles per lot
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Beaune, Clos du Roi--Vintage 1947
Côte de Beaune, Liger Belair
Levels: three 2.5cm, three 3cm, one 3.5cm and one 4.5cm; bin soiled labels and signs of seepage
8 bottles per lot
Côte de Beaune, Liger Belair
Levels: three 2.5cm, three 3cm, one 3.5cm and one 4.5cm; bin soiled labels and signs of seepage
8 bottles per lot