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

NUITS SAINT GEORGES

2019 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 13.5%
Vineyard Les Saint Georges

A vineyard on brown clay with limestone below - a form of calcite - crystalline limestone - there's a fault in the middle of the vineyard and since 2012 more of this calcite has been coming into the soil - and he believes the wines have changed as a result. It is certainly true that as a result of all the work Thibault has done, this wine had greatly increased in energy and verticality over the years. Classic Nuits, with density and richness, there is an elegance here too - just give it a bit of time. Drinking range: 2030 - 2042 L&S (Oct 2020)


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Medium to deep crimson purple. There may be some stems in this. Quite lively, well balanced despite the weight and power, energetic finish. Some liquorice notes. Clean vanilla oak rather than the tediously toasty style. Liquid dark raspberries at the finish. The stems do a good job in fighting the suggestion of over ripeness. Drink from 2029-2040. Tasted: September 2023. Drinking range: 2029 - 2040 Rating: 93 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Nov 2023)

(from a huge 2.10 ha parcel; 40% whole clusters). There is enough reduction to suppress the underlying fruit though there is by contrast very good freshness and tension to the sleek, detailed and tautly muscular flavors that also conclude in a decidedly austere, compact and mildly warm finish. This powerful and vaguely rustic effort will also require ample patience to arrive at its full maturity. Drinking range: 2036 - Rating: 91-93 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2021)

40% whole bunch. Very backward still. Mid purple, good weight of fruit on the nose but no detail quite yet. Thibault has been looking to make this purer and more precise, if less opulent, over the last few years. In 2019 there is a wealth of sucrous deep red fruit on the palate, almost too much, will this calm down? Lush liqueur raspberries. Needs more elevage to find its balance, I think it will. Tasted: November 2020 **** Rating: 92 - 95 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Jan 2021)

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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