This creation from the house of Delbard was named at the Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair in Vosne-Romanée, in the Côte-d'Or department; a Burgundian wine-growing village. Vosne-Romanée, at the heart of the Côte de Nuits, is home to several of the most famous Grands Crus: Romanée-Conti, La Romanée, La Tâche, Richebourg, Romanée-Saint-Vivant and La Grande Rue.
In May 2025, Comtesse Liger-Belair® ‘Delbreddab’ won three awards at the International Rose Competition in Barcelona – Best Flower, Most Fragrant Variety and the Master Perfumers' Prize.
A small shrub with a bushy, rounded habit and moderately thorny stems, it reaches 60–80 cm in height and 50–60 cm in width at maturity. The flowers are gathered in small clusters of 3 to 7. They are very double, quartered, measuring 7 to 9 cm across, initially globular then opening into rosettes; their colour varies from bright pink to raspberry pink depending on sunlight and temperature. Their fragrance is intense and complex; it reveals top notes of citrus (bergamot, orange), floral heart notes (rose, lilac, lily of the valley) and base notes of red fruits and vanilla. Flowering begins in May-June and renews until October, in successive waves if faded flowers are removed and if the young plant has nutrients and water during dry periods. The lustrous dark green foliage has 5 to 7 ovate, finely toothed leaflets. It shows good tolerance to powdery mildew and downy mildew in an airy situation. It is deciduous foliage which falls in autumn and reappears in spring.
