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

NUITS SAINT GEORGES

2020 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 14.5%
Vineyard Les Saint Georges

40% whole bunch. Thibault says that the 2019 and 2020 have similar profiles of 'verticality'. He ascribes it to recent changes in the soil twith more limestone coming up from a fault in the bedrock. This is an energetic Nuits, which, as he says, is much more mineral and longer, much more vertical than the older wines which were broader and less focused. Drinking range: 2030 - 2045 L&S (Nov 2021)


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Leads with mint, menthol and smoky oak aromas, while flavors of blackberry and black cherry lurk beneath. Lacy and rich, with excellent harmony and a lingering finish of fruit, iron and spices. Shows terrific energy and length. Best from 2026 through 2045. Drinking range: 2026 - 2045 Rating: 95 Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator (Mar 2023)

Thibault feels this Premier Cru is steadily gaining in quality. About 60% of the vines are 44-46 years old, which certainly helps. Blackberries, licorice, dried flowers and savory spice lead the nose. The palate is gutsy, a bit like a line backer in bravado and power. The dense and persistent finish indicate that this is for the long haul. Drinking range: 2026 - 2040 Rating: 95 Christy Canterbury MW - TimAtkin.com (Feb 2022)

(from a huge 2.10 ha parcel). Brooding and equally reticent aromas are comprised by notes of cool floral, especially violet, dark cherry, spice and enough earth character to mention that continues onto the delicious, succulent and quite suave medium-bodied flavors that tighten up significantly on the somewhat chewy, even slightly grippy, finish that displays excellent depth and persistence. This too is going to need extended cellaring to reach its apogee as it’s definitely built to age. Drinking range: 2035 - Rating: 92-94 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jan 2022)

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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