2016 NUITS SAINT GEORGES 1er Cru Les Saint Georges Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Lea & Sandeman

NUITS SAINT GEORGES

2018 1er Cru Les Saint Georges Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Nuits Saint Georges
Classification 1er Cru
ABV 13%
Vineyard Les Saint Georges

30-40% whole bunches. Very dark colour; rich and silky - it's very ripe. Very dark fruit and deep sweet spice, with an extraordinary density of ripe tannin which gives shape and intensity. Needs a bit more time in élevage. L&S (Nov 2019)


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The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has plenty of ripe, slightly pruney fruit on the nose, almost pastille-like, a little heady with more red fruit emerging with aeration. Some sweaty saddle notes appear with time (Brettanomyces). The palate is a little chewy on the entry with thick and grippy tannins, bold and assertive yet missing grace and tenderness, any essence of Pinoté on the finish. What has gone awry with this bottle? Vexing after its showing from barrel. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 red tasting. Drinking range: 2022 - 2027 Rating: 86 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2022)

The 2018 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a superb bouquet of brambly red fruit, quite ferrous in style, displaying hints of dried blood and meat juices. The palate is medium-bodied with grippy tannins, quite firm in the mouth and very saline, though it is closed on the finish. Nevertheless, this has great potential. Drinking range: 2023 - 2040 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2020)

(from a huge 2.10 ha parcel; 40% whole clusters). Ripe and well-layered aromas are composed by notes of black cherry, raspberry and violet with top notes of red currant and spice. The succulent, round and very seductively textured middle weight flavors contrast with a finish that is presently raspy, dry and short. This could come together before it’s bottled but that is not a certainty. Drinking range: 2025 - Rating: 86-89 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2020)

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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