The 2014 Vosne Romanée 1er Cru les Petits Monts is always one of my favorite releases from the domaine and the 2014 continues a fine run of form with a very engaging, beautifully defined bouquet of dark cherries, bergamot, raspberry coulis and cold stone. There is wonderful focus and intensity here. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly grainy tannin, quite edgy in the mouth and tensile with orange sorbet infusing the dark fruit on the finish. You get the feeling that the nascent Petits Monts is "wired." Haven't TWA readers had enough coverage of Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair for one year, what with my epic La Romanée vertical in June flanked by a small armada of verticals? Well, err....no. The 2014 vintage is upon us and I duly called in chez Liger-Belair in the left ventricle of Vosne. Louis-Michel was in typically bullish mood, as well he might be presiding over what is a successful, intermittently thrilling set of new releases. I began with that age-old question of comparing the 2014s stylistically with other vintages. "It's maybe a blend 2002 and 2010. It's not overripe but just ripe like in 2002 and the balance of 2008s." Moving into the vineyard, we discussed the issue of biodynamic farming.