Liger Belair Nuits St. Georges Clos Des Grandes Vignes 2016 1.5L (Domaine Release)

Clos des Grandes Vignes is a walled premier cru monopole in the Prémeaux end of Nuits-Saint-Georges, owned outright by Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair since 2012. This magnum of the red 2016 is listed as a domaine release.

About This Wine

The clos covers 2.1953 hectares, 1.8753 of them Pinot Noir. Unusually for a premier cru it lies east of the main road through the Côte, on a gentle southeast-facing slope. The brown clay-loam topsoil is 40 to 60 cm deep and about a fifth stones, over ochre oolitic limestone. In 2016 a brutal late-April frost cut yields across the Côte d'Or, but the surviving fruit ripened well in a fine late summer, giving perfumed, classically weighted wines.

Tasting Profile

• Nose: Black cherry, raspberry and blood orange, with bay leaf, liquorice and a light smoky note.
• Palate: Round and vigorous, with juicy dark fruit, a firm frame and supple tannins typical of the clos.
• Finish: Gently herbal and persistent, with spice and a stony, savoury edge.

Serving & Food

Open from now through the mid-2030s. Draw the cork an hour before dinner and pour at 16°C. Braised short ribs, five-spice pork belly and porcini risotto all hold up to it.

How to Enjoy

A generous-format bottle for a dinner party, and a chance to taste the domaine's Nuits-Saint-Georges side.

Product Details

About the Domaine

For most of its modern life the domaine was a Vosne-Romanée affair. That changed in July 2012, when Louis-Michel Liger-Belair bought the Clos des Grandes Vignes from the Domaine du Château de Puligny-Montrachet. It became his third monopole, after La Romanée and the village Clos du Château, and because part of the clos is planted to Chardonnay it gave the domaine its first white wine. The site has a long recorded past. The Viénot family held it for generations, notably Charles Viénot, a prominent Burgundy figure of the 1930s, before it passed to the Thomas family of Moillard in 1982 and to Puligny in 2006.