THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Clos de Vougeot Grand cru  - 2015

THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR

Clos de Vougeot Grand cru 2015

(vinified with 40% whole clusters, the highest percentage yet for this wine; 50% new oak): Bright, dark red. Superb lift to the aromas of black cherry, violet and inky minerality, plus a whiff of goat cheese. Dense, sappy and energetic; more closed in the mouth than the nose suggests but boasts lovely subtle sweetness, precision and mineral spine, not to mention an element of power. Liger-Belair's holding is in the southwest corner of Clos Vougeot, "across from Echézeaux," and features long rows of vines that extend through limestone, brown clay and silt soil.

January 2017


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