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Clos Vougeot Thibault Liger Belair 2005
HED03181
75 cl
13.5%
£235.00
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Clos Vougeot Thibault Liger-Belair 2005 is a Grand Cru red Burgundy crafted from Pinot Noir. This wine hails from the renowned Clos Vougeot vineyard. Thibault Liger-Belair, known for his commitment to biodynamic viticulture, utilises traditional methods to express the vineyard`s unique character. The 2005 vintage reveals a dense profile marked by notes of ripe red fruits, earthiness and subtle spice, all held together by robust tannins.
94 Robert Parker
The domaine’s 2005 Clos Vougeot – around a third fermented with whole clusters – smells of beef jerky, ripe blackberry, and pungent herbal distillate. Grainy and substantial in the mouth, it stains the palate with salted beef and blackberry while contra-bass notes of roasted meat, medicinal bitter herbs, and wet stone lead into an impressively long, deep-massaging finish. This remarkably intense, fascinating Clos Vougeot will probably need a decade to show its full potential, although I hasten to add that the track record of this domaine is too short to support prognostications of longevity. In this his fourth vintage, and young, ambitious in the pursuit of quality, well-traveled, and in the process of taking back family property from rental and negociant contracts, Thibault Liger-Belair is ensconced in deep, ancient, and bitterly-cold cellars in the center of Nuits-St.-Georges. He has begun pursuing a biodynamic regimen in his vineyards and has inaugurated a rigorously-controlled negociant arm . He says he approached 2005 with great caution lest the wines lose polish and finesse to over-extraction of tannins. Certainly the results have included some very powerful and formidably structured wines. Low sulfur and a significant inclusion of whole clusters are among other prominent features of Liger-Belair’s approach in 2005. - David Schildknecht
91 Vinous
Good full red. Reticent, pure nose hints at crushed stone and minerals. Ripe, sweet black cherry flavor shows a sappy quality and an intriguing saline nuance. Very closed now but finishes chewy and long. This boasts excellent volume but I find it less aromatic and fine than the 2006. For his part, Liger-Belair describes it as more modern.Stephen Tanzer1st March 2008
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