Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair Nuits-Saint-Georges “La Charmotte” 2017
This domaine, located in Nuits-Saint-Georges, has been in the Liger-Belair family for 250 years. In 2001, Thibault Liger-Belair took over the vines as the winemaker and created Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair. Prior to joining the family domaine, Thibault studied viticulture and oenology for six years, and worked for a communications firm in Paris where he was able to present and taste wines internationally. In his mid-twenties, Thibault also started an internet company with the idea of discovering and selling high quality wines. But the calling of the vines was still strong, so in 2001, at the age of 26, Thibault decided to jump to the other side of the fence, this time to make wine, his true calling and passion. The year 2002 was the first harvest of the Nuits-Saint-Georges, Nuits-Saint-Georges Charmottes, as well as Vosne-Romanée Aux Reas. In 2003, the domaine enriched its range with Richebourg Grand Cru, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru, Vosne-Romanée Premier Cru Petits Monts, and Bourgogne Rouge. In 2009, the domaine expanded into Beaujolais, and now a Beaujolais-Villages and several Moulin-à-Vent Cru wines are also produced.
This wine offers notes of raspberry and red currant with hints of rose petals. The palate is juicy, greedy and well balanced with ripe red berries with a fine touch of acidity. There is a nice roundness on the finish with delicate tannins.
Harvesting is manual with 40% of the entire harvest. 30% of the new barrels are used for ageing.
| Vintage | 2017 |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Appellation | Nuits-Saint-Georges |
| Vineyard | La Charmotte |
| Designation | AOC |
| Alcohol | 13.00% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Country of Origin | FRANCE |
| State of Origin | N/A |
| Artificially Carbonated | No |
| Sparkling Wine | No |
0.40ha planted in 1962. Located on the border of the Premiers Crus (Argilats and Bousselots) in the northern part of the appellation, its name is the most perfect expression of its character: the finesse of Vosne-Romanée wines with the structure of the wines of Nuits-Saint-Georges. The soils are clay in the first 40-50 centimeters and there is degradation of limestone and bedrock. This two-level soil gives the wine two stages: often elegant at the beginning of the mouth, the wine then takes tension to finish on a fresh note.
