2021 Côte de Nuits-Villages, Les Leurey - Vigne de 1937, Thibault Liger- Belair, Burgundy

Description

Thibault used to buy this fruit to use in his Grands Chaillots but from 2018 he has been able to farm the land himself, so now it stands as an independent cuvée. Well-sited opposite Clos de l’Arlot on the eastern side of the road, where the land is higher. 2023-2027

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2021

Alcohol % 13

Maturity Ready - youthful

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Medium Bodied

Producer Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Critics reviews

Jasper Morris MW 86-89/100

Mid to dark purple. On the limestone, where the grapes can ripen quickly, but in 2021 suffered more from the frost, yielding just 8 barrels in one hectare. Quite a concentrated dark raspberry, with more tannins than I expected, almost masking the acidity. A fractional volatility.Jasper Morris, insideburgundy_com (January 2023)

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (Jan 2023)

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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