Winehog - Burgundy with a passion
Burgundy Insights from the Winehog
Thibault Liger-Belair is a vigneron I have followed since 2004 - his third vintage, I think. While the wines were good - it took quite many years before the wines began to give me a great hedonistic thrill. In recent years I have wondered more and more about the work Thibault is doing and the …
[Read more...] about Visit to Thibault Liger-Belair – tasting the 2019s
One of the most controversial vineyards in Burgundy these years is Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges. By some seen as the best vineyard of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation, and a cadidate for promotion to grand cru .. others see it as a good 1er cru but perhaps not among the very top terroirs …
[Read more...] about Vineyard Insight: Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges
There are a lot of interesting terroirs in the Vosne-Romanee appellation itself and in the twillight zone between Nuits-Saint-Georges and Vosne-Romanee. This area is somewhat overlooked, but as the new generations of vignerons take on these terroirs, there are very fine wines to find from these …
[Read more...] about Villages vines from the Vosne twilight zone – Aux Réas
There are many vineyards in Burgundy, and even quite highly regarded 1er crus can be almost unknown, if the owners and vignerons producing the wines are under the market radar. Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Didiers is one of these 1er crus ... located in the northern part of Premeaux-Prissey, just …
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The Richebourg 2012 from Thibault Liger-Belair is a big and intense wine. In the bouquet - slightly closed - but with layers of red and dark berry fruit with a lovely floral element underneath the oak impression. On the palate intense fruit and minerality ... a powerful Les Richebourg with more …
