THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru les Gruenchers - 2014

THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR

Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru les Gruenchers 2014

(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.

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016


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