2011-MOULIN-À-VENT-Vieilles-Vignes-Domaine-Thibault-Liger-Belair

MOULIN À VENT

2011 Vieilles Vignes Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Grapes Gamay
Colour Red
Origin France, Beaujolais
Sub-district Beaujolais Villages
Village Moulin à Vent
ABV 13%

Thibault has seven parcels of vines in the middle of the slope, on sand and pink granite and quartz. Denser, really much greater richness than the Rouchaux. Mineral and fine, and very long. L&S (Dec 2012)


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Here the nose is similar to that of the Rouchaux but with two small differences, which are that the fruit is ever-so-slightly riper and there is a bit more complexity. This additional depth is also reflected by the impressively well-concentrated, dusty and quite serious medium-bodied flavors that offer fine length. This understated effort should reward mid-term cellaring. 2018+ Rating: 89 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2014)

The fruit feels ripe the nose is sweet with a mix of mainly red fruits. There is a nice depth of fruit on the mid palate with the richness nicely balanced by some freshness. 2014-19 Rating: 89 Derek Smedley MW, www.dereksmedleymw.co.uk (Dec 2013)

Quite dark crimson. Big, beefy, and not at all beaujolais-like! Though there is some acidity… A rugby player…2016-2023 Rating: 16 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2013)

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Beaujolais

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair have purchased eight prime parcels of vines in Moulin-a-Vent. The grapes were sold off in 2008 because they felt it took more than just one year working with the vines to get them to perform. 'My objective was not to buy a domaine, but to buy vineyards in different spots. What is very important for me', says Liger-Belair,'is to showcase the difference between each type of granite and each exposure.' Two refrigerated trucks a day delivered fruit to be pressed in Nuits-Saint-Georges (all destemmed in the 2009 vintage and only gently pumped over to 'infuse', never punched down) and raised in used barriques.

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