2007 Richebourg, Grand Cru, Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair, Burgundy

Description

This is a giant of a wine just waiting to come of age. For now the bouquet is quite discreet but the layers of flavour gradually emerge towards an immense finish, which demonstrates how great this wine will become in a decade or more.

Colour Red

Sweetness Dry

Vintage 2007

Maturity Ready - mature

Grape List Pinot Noir

Body Full Bodied

Producer Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair

Critics reviews

David Schildknecht 93/100

Liger-Belairs 2007 Richebourg manages the trick of projecting ancient vines density and grip with an uncanny sense of levity and elegance. Smoky black tea, bitter chocolate, peat, game, cassis, and plum cavort on a rich, lushly-textured palate, finishing with dynamic interaction and an at once soothing and stimulating effect. This should be worth following for a decade or more, but unlike in so many vintages, I do not see the need to defer the huge pleasure of this Richebourgs company.David Schildknecht - 29/06/2010

Drink 2010 - 2020

David Schildknecht, RobertParker.com (Jun 2010)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

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