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Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
The Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes has taken a further step forward quality wise in the 2014 vintage - adding more focus and definition to the wine. It's showing very well after bottling offering a lovely floral bouquet with juicy red and dark berry fruit - spiced with violets, peony …
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The Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes has taken a further step forward quality wise in the 2014 vintage - adding more focus and definition to the wine. In the bouquet - slight reduction - otherwise quite forward offering fresh red and dark berry fruit spiced by a nice earthy minerality. On …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, NSG Clos des Grandes Vignes 2014
The third - and so far - the best vintage of this white for Louis-Michel - from the recently acquired vineyard Clos des Grandes Vignes in the southern end of Nuits-Saint-Georges. The vines were re-grafted with Chardonnay in 2010 - so this is a fairly new vineyard for the whites. The 2014s whites …
[Read more...] about Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, NSG Clos des Grandes Vignes Blanc 2014
On my November 2015 trip to Burgundy I had the opportunity to taste the 2014s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. As usual I entered the gate to Chateau Vosne-Romanee with high expectations and was greeted by a cheerful Louis-Michel Liger-Belair and his very large but lovely dog Arak. Constance …
[Read more...] about Tasting of the 2014s from Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
The Nuits Saint Georges Clos des Grandes Vignes has taken a big step forward quality wise in the 2013 vintage - the style is now fully aligned with the rest of the Liger-Belair wines. The bouquet is quite forward offering rich dark berry fruit spiced by a nice earthy minerality and a touch of oak. …
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