2005 Bouchard Pere & Fils, La Romanee Grand Cru 750ml (in owc)

From the cellar of the original owner, bought on release in Los Angeles. Offered in the 6-pack original wood case if all 6 bottles purchased together. 

La Romanee is the smallest appellation in France. It covers just 0.8 hectares (two acres) of land on the hillside immediately above the famed Romanée-Conti vineyard. 

In 2001, Comte Liger-Belair began to bottle and label its own wines, sharing production with Bouchard until 2005.

Today, the La Romanée is Comte Liger-Belair's flagship wine, as well as being one of the most expensive and sought-after wines in Burgundy.

BH 95-97: "A positively kaleidoscopic and utterly knockout nose featuring exuberant Vosne-style spicy black fruit and a panoply of underlying nuances including anise, clove, minerals, underbrush, warm earth and smoke plus a hint of menthol introduce reserved, even cool medium full flavors that are like silk on the palate though the hugely long finish tightens up in a real rush. This is really quite fine and less youthfully austere than it usually is. A stunner with that wonderful character of inner mouth perfume that the great wines always have and built for the long haul. Note: like the Reignots, this too has benefited from the additional time in barrel and my original score was a bit too conservative."