CORTON CHARLEMAGNE
2016 Les Languettes Grand Cru Thibault Liger-Belair
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
| Village | Aloxe Corton |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| ABV | 13% |
| Vineyard | Corton Charlemagne |
In 2016 this has undergone a seriously long fermentation - just over a year! It has just finished when we visit - hence its a tad reductive, for the moment. Nice weight though, nice texture and then bang some gorgeous,, lip-smackingly juicy acidity. Fruit is pert and hard to pinpoint, but pineapple and riper peach in play. Creamy leesy notes add a nice new dimension but this will need time to settle and meld. L&S (Oct 2017)
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Firm reduction renders the nose tough to assess. On the plus side, there is both excellent volume and minerality to the broad-shouldered but relatively refined flavors that are blessed with a lovely sense of underlying tension before culminating in a citrusy, very dry and firm finish. This needs to develop additional depth but if it does it should merit the upper end of my projected range. Drinking range: 2024 - Rating: 91-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2018)
Thibault Liger-Belair Successeurs
The lack of the word 'domaine' in the name signals that this is a négociant wine from Thibault Liger-Belair. On the whole Thibault buys grapes having tended the vines with his own team, so that the wines are domaine wines in all but name.
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