2019 Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru
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Thibault operated from a new Nuits winery from 2017. He is heavily into biodynamics – horses and all. He owns 2 ha, more than anyone else, in this premier cru well on its way to becoming a grand cru. The majority of the vines are 80 years old! (Louis-Michel of the Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a very distant cousin.) Unfined and unfiltered. Transparent garnet. Relatively light but sweet nose. Rather a precise, jewelly quality. Broad in the beam and sweet and salty on the palate. Lots of flavour pinging around the palate. Almost leathery, polished, fine tannins are there in abundance. Lots more development to come. Sweet finish and almost painful to taste now because it is so unresolved. Quite marked acidity at the moment. (JR)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2019 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges 1er Cru has a more open-knit bouquet than Gouges's Les-Saint-Georges with raspberry, cranberry, touches of crushed strawberry, hints of aniseed and blood orange. The palate is medium-bodied, with pliant, supple tannins, plenty of vivacious red fruit, a slight tanginess toward the finish and just a suggestion of whole bunch on its peppery aftertaste. Well-worth seeking out. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
Cask sample. Nice idea to put this grand cru manqué between two grands crus! Blueish dark crimson. Confident bitter-cherry fruit and this is certainly not disgraced by its grand cru neighbours. Very serious wine with depth and refreshment. Edgy and chiselled. Really interesting wine. (JR)