2012 Vosne-Romanée, Aux Réas, Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Burgundy

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Description

A very intense, bright purple, showing an absolutely concentrated core of fruit. There must be a very good Pinot selection here because, even though the bunches are never small, the results are great. This has a core of brilliant pure fruit, not a heavyweight but very fine. Great length.
Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director

Thibault’s two domaines, based in Moulin à Vent and Nuits-St Georges, both returned paltry yields of 16 hl/ha in 2012. Among the Côte d’Or appellations, the Hautes Côtes, Nuits and Gevrey-Chambertin suffered in particular. All of which is a great shame, given the quality of the wines which have been made. Even where Thibault purchases grapes (Aloxe-Corton and Chambolle- Musigny), Thibault makes the major decisions in the vineyard management. His own vines are farmed biodynamically, with ploughing by horse.

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2012

Alcohol % 13

Maturity For laying down

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 88-90/100

The 2012 Vosne-Romanee Aux Reas comes from a 0.55-hectare parcel rich in limestone that is sometimes exposed on the surface. The vines were planted in 1956. The nose displays fine density, the oak a little more conspicuous compared to other cuvees though it is in synch with the fruit. The palate is silky smooth with a sorbet-like freshness and vitality. It is not a complex Vosne village cru, but very well-balanced with a precise, mineral-laced finish. This should offer pleasurable early drinking pleasure.Neil Martin - 30/12/2013

Neal Martin MW, (Dec 2013)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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