2016 CLOS VOUGEOT Grand Cru Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Lea & Sandeman

CLOS VOUGEOT

2016 Grand Cru Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Vougeot
Classification Grand Cru
ABV 13%
Vineyard Clos Vougeot

40% Whole Bunch this year. For now from barrel the oak is quite present. Some ginger powder spice to the perky black fruit. Blueberries too. But bright - then a denser middle, framed by minerality too. Impressive drive here, a subtle underlying power. Powerful, dense. Nice zip and tension. Long and with an exciting buzz about it. L&S (Oct 2017)


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The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru is relatively deep in colour. The bouquet is very attractive with black cherries, kirsch and brambly black fruit, nicely defined with well integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with steely tannins on the entry. A firm backbone here. I appreciate the focus of the wine, even if it is a tad austere on the finish. Give this another two or three years to flesh out. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting. Drinking range: 2022 - 2042 Rating: 91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Oct 2019)

(from a .72 ha parcel on the Vosne side in the middle against the southern wall; 40% whole cluster). Mild reduction and wood toast make for a pungent nose so be sure to aerate this if you’re tempted to crack a bottle young. Otherwise there is outstanding intensity, volume and delineation to the imposingly-scaled flavors that possess a supple mid-palate that contrasts markedly with the youthfully austere and ever-so-slightly rustic finish. This too is going to need time as it’s very backward. Drinking range: 2026 - Rating: 94 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2019)

(from a .72 ha parcel on the Vosne side in the middle against the southern wall; 40% whole cluster). Reduction. Otherwise there is outstanding intensity, volume and delineation to the imposingly-scaled flavors that possess a supple mid-palate that contrasts markedly with the youthfully austere and ever-so-slightly rustic finish. This too is going to need time though it’s less backward than either the Richebourg or the Les St. Georges. Drinking range: 2028 - Rating: 91-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2018)

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Thibault Liger-Belair has two hectares in Les Saint Georges, the vineyard which gives Nuits the rest of its name, and 60 ares out of a total of 4 hectares of the Grand Cru Richebourg, as well as a good holding in the Clos Vougeot and some well-placed village wines. The vineyards are a good start, but it is Thibault himself who has catapulted this domaine straight into the very top echelons of Côte de Nuits domaines from his first vintage (2002). Thibault was trained as an oenologist but first worked as a wine buyer. He has come to wine making with a wide experience of wine buying, and has had the advantage of having discussed wine-making for many years, with the benefit of his oenological background, with some of the best winemakers of the world. Viticulture is biodynamic (since 2005), yields low but not ludicrously low, everything is pragmatic, so that he should be doing just what is necessary and no more. He uses 40-50% new wood maximum. The wines are bright, pure, focused, aromatic and elegant without lacking anything in the way of stuffing.

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