THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Corton Grand cru Les Renardes - 2014

THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR

Corton Grand cru Les Renardes 2014

(made with 40% whole clusters). A brooding, earthy and very serious nose consists of ample floral influences on the ripe and fresh wild red berry scents that are also trimmed in noticeable sauvage elements. There is fine richness to the dense and equally somber broad-shouldered flavors that possess a relatively supple mid-palate though the beautifully long and well-balanced finish tightens up in a rush. Not surprisingly this powerful and slightly rustic offering is quite youthfully austere at present and will definitely require at least a decade of patience.

January 2016


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