2005 | Thibault Liger Belair | Les St Georges

Introduction

Red Wine: 2005 | Thibault Liger Belair | Les St Georges

Very dark, his grapes. Very intense but not overwrought on the nose. Very gorgeous and opulent and flattering. Oak well judged this time. Great precision too.

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Producer: Thibault Liger Belair

Ratings: WA | 93 BH | 93

Vintage: 2005

Size: 750ml

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Very dark, his grapes. Very intense but not overwrought on the nose. Very gorgeous and opulent and flattering. Oak well judged this time. Great precision too.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: From substantial holdings planted with old vines, the Thibault Liger-Belair 2005 Nuits-St.-Georges Les St.-Georges displays both roasted, charred and raw red meatiness to a degree unusual for a Nuits-St.-Georges. Ripe black cherry and blackberry are also very much present, but this wine is not about sweetness of fruit. Substantial, firm but finely-tannic and formidably concentrated, it finishes with dark, faintly bitter berries, roasted meats, beef blood, a soy-like savor, and an intense yet hard to describe minerality. The wine tastes like something one should if anemic. Heady yet not hot in its nearly 15% alcohol, palpable extract rich and thick yet not leaden, it will need at least 5-7 years, I suspect, if it is to be tamed and refined at all.

• Burghound: This is primary to the point of being overtly grapey with an interesting mix of intense earth and game nuances that merge into solidly structured middle weight flavors that possess outstanding length and real depth. As good as the Petits Monts is, there is another dimension here.

Producer Information

Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair is a highly regarded Pinot Noir producer located in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the Cte de Nuits subregion of Burgundy, France. The Marey and Liger-Belair families have been involved with the vineyards, sale, and trade of Burgundian wines for well over a century, but it was not until 2001 that Thibault Liger-Belair created Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair to exploit the family’s historic and noteworthy vineyards.Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair’s portfolio of domaine wines (vineyards owned by the estate) covers ten wines from six different appellations, including Vosne-Romane (the Richebourg Grand Cru and Aux Ras), Vougeot (the Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot), Nuits-Saint-Georges (Premier Cru Les Saint-Georges and the La Charmotte site) and Gevrey-Chambertin (the La Croix des Champs vineyard). The estate also makes a Bourgogne Aligot.