2009 Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
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The 2009 Clos de Vougeot is big, rich and quite powerful. There is an attractive quality to the bright fruit, but this is a rare wine from Liger-Belair that appears flattened by the oak. I am not sure this fruit needs all the makeup. From time to time the fruit emerges reluctantly but the wine never comes together fully in the glass.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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The 2009 Clos de Vougeot is big, rich and quite powerful. There is an attractive quality to the bright fruit, but this is a rare wine from Liger-Belair that appears flattened by the oak. I am not sure this fruit needs all the makeup. From time to time the fruit emerges reluctantly but the wine never comes together fully in the glass. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2029. Importer: Vineyard Brands, Birmingham, AL; tel. (205) 980-8802
Good medium red. Superripe aromas of cherry, spices, leather, earth and resiny oak, along with a saline nuance. Rich, broad and powerful; classically dry but a bit warm with alcohol (14.5%!). Just this side of heavy but there's also good underlying energy here. I'd forget this very large-scaled but youthfully disjointed Clos Vougeot for at least eight or ten years.
(entirely destemmed; aging in once-used barrels) Good full red. Exotic spices dominate the nose. Fat and sweet, with flavors of black cherry, minerals, licorice and pepper. Quite full of gas and a bit reduced today. Finishes somewhat tough, with a powerful tannic structure. This will need at least several years of bottle aging.