Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru les Gruenchers 2015

THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR

Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru les Gruenchers
2015

  • Biodynamic
Product code
749913
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Open
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
France
Regulated designation
Appellation origine controlée (AOC)
Region
Burgundy
Subregion
Côte de Nuits
Appellation
Chambolle-Musigny
Classification
1er cru
Varietal(s)
Pinot Noir 100 %
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

Thibault Liger-Belair comes from a great winemaking family that has deep roots in Burgundy: he is a direct descendant of the Napoleonic General Louis Liger-Belair, who acquired the Chateau de Vosne in 1815 when he married Ludovie Marey, whose family had been Burgundy negociants since 1720. Youthful, passionate and always full of ideas, Thibault trained as an oenologist, but had his start in the wine industry as a wine buyer. He is also a former rugby player with a genuine 'down to earth'...

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Product notes

This vineyard is 0.25 ha (0.62 acres) and was planted in 1964.The vineyard is located in the northern part of Chambolle Musigny, it’s the neighbor of the Grand Cru Road and just below the Chambolle Musigny Premier Cru Les Fuées and Bonnes Mares. It’s a petit appellation with only 2.8 ha (7 acres) of surface area. The vineyard has with a good quality of clay soils. It is very fertile deep soils and a lot of stone coming from the combe of Chambolle.

Production notes

The grapes are harvested by hand and they are using 30% whole cluster fermentation. There is a 3 week fermentation period with very moderate intervention. They are aging the wine in 50% new French oak barrels for 20 months. The wines are unfiltered and unfined.

Tasting notes

This wine is full of bright red fruit and a floral boutique. This is a great representation of the style of Chambolle Musigny, finesse and silkiness are at the forefront. This wine always offer little bit more structure and tannins gave by the deep soil.

Press reviews

Tim Atkin MW

- 94 points -

January 2016 (Vintage 2014)

Made from purchased fruit and sold under Thibault Liger-Belair’s négociant label, this
comes from a limestone-rich site in the norther part of the village. There were no whole bunches in 2014 (there are normally 30%), leaving the pure red berry finesse to express itself. Fluid, floral and subtle, with palate-caressing texture. 2017-22

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Burghound.com

- 92 points -

January 2015

A beautifully elegant, spicy and intensely floral nose exhibits notes of violets and
rose petal along with primarily red berry fruit scents that are framed in a hint of wood. There is a lacy mouth feel yet fine intensity to the delineated middle weight flavors that exhibit plenty of backend minerality on the balanced, long and sophisticated finish. Lovely juice that should reward a decade plus of keeping.

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Burghound.com

- 91 points -

Outstanding

Allen Meadows,

Like many of the wines in the range there is a distinctly floral character to the elegant and cool combination of red currant, plum and sandalwood scents. There is a lush, even opulent mouth feel to the silky and pure medium weight flavors that possess excellent depth on the balanced and impressively long finish. Despite the seductive character of the mid-palate this really tightens up fast on the finish so the structure will require on the order of a decade to fully resolve.

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Burghound.com

- 91 points -

January 2016 (Vintage 2013)

(30% whole clusters). A discreetly floral nose exhibits attractive spice elements on the primarily red and dark berry fruit aromas. There is good vibrancy to the markedly generous yet detailed medium-bodied flavors that possess fine complexity on the lightly saline-inflected and solidly persistent finish. Lovely.

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Vinous

(89-92) Points

Stephen Tanzer, January 2015

(Liger-Belair vinified this wine with some whole clusters--30%--for the first time, in an attempt to extend its finish): Good deep red. At once wild and delicate on the nose, offering perfumed scents of raspberry, fraise des bois and minerals. Sweet, plush and fine-grained but with a light touch for its density. Finishes with a saline element and good mineral lift. The whole clusters add an herbal accent but the wine does not come across as green.

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Vinous

(89-92) Points

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

(50% new oak; 25 hectoliters per hectare; destemmed owing to the flies): Healthy bright red. Slightly reduced aromas of dark cherry, spices and crushed rock lifted by a refined floral quality. Juicy, dry and very primary; this unforthcoming, rocky wine is hiding more than it's showing today. Best now on the perfumed, firmly tannic, lingering finish. All in reserve. The Gruenchers finished its malolactic fermentation very late and like some of the following wines it may not be racked until after the winter, with the bottling taking place as late as June or July.

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Burghound.com

(90-92) Points

January 2016 (Vintage 2014)

An exceptionally pretty if quite restrained nose speaks of red pinot fruit liqueur, floral and spice scents. There is good volume and plenty of dry extract to the rich, round and utterly delicious medium-bodied flavors that are supported by moderately firm tannins on the balanced and lacy finish. This is a lovely and relatively understated Chambolle 1er that should be approachable on the younger side if desired.

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Vinous

(90-93) POINTS

January 2017

(40% vendange entier; 50% new oak; this wine was not made in 2016 owing to the frost): Bright, dark red. Terrific crushed-rock lift to the red berry and floral aromas. Suave and fine-grained on entry, then larger-scaled on the back half, opening out and building on the finish. Tannins are dusty and broad. Very shy now but leaves behind a lovely perfume in the empty glass.

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