THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR - Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru  - 2015

THIBAULT LIGER-BELAIR

Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru 2015

(70% vendange entier; 80% new oak; Liger-Belair's parcel of small-berried 60-year-old vines on very shallow soil is ideally located close to Latricières-Chambertin and Chambertin): Bright dark red. Captivating perfume of raspberry, rose petal and spices offer superb finesse. Like liquid silk on the palate, conveying terrific depth to its flavors of raspberry, warm spices and smoked meat; more spicy than floral in the mouth. Finishes with lovely purity and thrust, not to mention firm structure and length. Liger-Belair did only pumpovers here, as he wanted "to stretch the wine, not enlarge it."

Stephen Tanzer, January 2017


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