THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Nuits-Saint-Georges La Charmotte - 2014

Vinous

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

(aged in 40% new oak and 60% one-year-old barrels; vinified with 40% whole clusters; the soil is...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Vosne-Romanée Aux Réas - 2014

Vinous

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

(destemmed; 42% new oak): Bright, dark red. Pungent raspberry and mineral aromas, along with a...

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FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Issarts Monopole - 2014

Vinous

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

Bright red-ruby. Lovely perfume and chalky lift to the aromas of blackberry, violet, minerals and...

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FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru les Cazetiers - 2014

Vinous

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

Good full red. Very concentrated, perfumed aromas of raspberry, flowers and game. Sweet and fat...

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FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Aux Chaignots - 2014

Vinous

Stephen Tanzer, January 2016

(this wine, as well as the Chambolle-Musigny Les Amoureuses and Musigny, was vinified with a...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Corton Grand cru Les Renardes - 2013

• - 93 points-

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January 2016

A classic Renardes nose is both complex and overtly sauvage as it only grudgingly offers up notes...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru - 2013

• - 91 points-

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January 2016

(from Charmes proper; 30% whole clusters but only the tiny stems rather than the stalks). A...

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FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Aux Chaignots - 2014

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January 2016

This is the first wine to display much reduction and here it's enough to dominate the nose....

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FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Damodes - 2014

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January 2016

Here too reduction dominates the nose. There is a lovely inner mouth perfume to the concentrated,...

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FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Porêts-Saint-Georges - 2014

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January 2016

No such reduction plagues the nose in this case as there is both good freshness and expressiveness...

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FAIVELEY - Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er cru Les Saint Georges - 2014

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January 2016

A broad-ranging and highly complex nose offers up aromas of red currant, plum, earth and game...

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FAIVELEY - Chambolle-Musigny 1er cru les Charmes - 2014

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January 2016

An exceptionally pretty nose is composed by notes of red cherry, raspberry, floral and discreet...

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FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru La Combe aux Moines - 2014

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January 2016

Strong reduction dominates the nose at present. There is brilliantly good delineation, indeed the...

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FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Issarts Monopole - 2014

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January 2016

(from a very large 1.2 ha parcel). Once again there is enough wood to notice on the extremely...

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FAIVELEY - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru les Cazetiers - 2014

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January 2016

(from a huge 2.05 ha parcel). A background but not invisible application of wood easily allows the...

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FAIVELEY - Echezeaux Grand cru - 2014

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January 2016

(from En Orveaux). A spicy yet reserved nose grudgingly displays notes of both red and blue pinot...

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FAIVELEY - Clos de Vougeot Grand cru - 2014

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January 2016

(blended from 3 separate parcels). There is enough reduction present to suppress the underlying...

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FAIVELEY - Latricières-Chambertin Grand cru - 2014

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January 2016

(from a very large 1.21 ha parcel). A highly reserved, cool and super-fresh nose only reluctantly...

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FAIVELEY - Corton Grand cru Clos des Cortons - 2014

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January 2016

A fresh, cool and moderately restrained nose speaks of various red and dark berries along with...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Moulin-à-Vent Les Rouchaux - 2014

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January 2016

Strong reduction flattens the nose. Otherwise there is good richness to the fleshy and relatively...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Moulin-à-Vent Vieilles Vignes - 2014

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January 2016

This is also noticeably reduced and impossible to assess aromatically. Here too there is good punch...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Nuits-Saint-Georges La Charmotte - 2014

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January 2016

(a little seen villages that is situated on the Vosne side just beneath the 1er Bousselots; 40%...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru la Croix des Champs - 2014

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January 2016

(50% whole clusters). A strikingly cool, restrained and very floral nose presents fresh and cool...

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THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Aloxe-Corton 1er cru La Toppe au Vert - 2014

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January 2016

Reduction once again renders the nose unreadable. By contrast there is good freshness, intensity...

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