MOULIN À VENT
2020 Les Champ de Cour Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Beaujolais
Grapes | Gamay |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Beaujolais |
Sub-district | Beaujolais Villages |
Village | Moulin à Vent |
ABV | 14% |
Vineyard | Les Champ de Cour |
Here too there is a more subtle whiff of animale character on the ripe aromas of dark gamay fruit that also carries hints of spice and earth. The delicious, intense and broad-shouldered flavors also flash excellent power on the firm, built-to-age and impressively long finale. This mouthcoating and notably structured effort is very much intended for long cellaring so patience will absolutely be necessary. I would repeat that the nose may not be for everyone but otherwise, this is an imposing MAV. Drinking range: 2030 - Rating: 91 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Oct 2023)
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The 2020 Moulin-à-Vent Champs de Coeur comes from pink, blue and yellow granitic soils. It has a more floral bouquet with rose petal and peony infusing the red berry fruit. The palate is rounded with a soft texture, a light cereal note surfacing towards the finish. Moderate in length, my intuition is that this will be for early drinking. Drinking range: 2022 - 2026 Rating: 86-88 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2021)
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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