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2019 Nuits-St Georges Blanc Clos des Grandes Vignes 1er Cru Domaine...

2019 Nuits-St Georges Blanc, Clos des Grandes Vignes, 1er Cru, Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair, Burgundy
White • Dry • Medium Bodied • Chardonnay
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Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20 Allen Meadows 89/100 Jasper Morris MW 90/100 Charles Curtis MW 91/100 William Kelley 91/100
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Code: 2019-0750-00-8126319
Description
The 2019 Nuits Saint-Georges Clos des Grandes-Vignes Blanc 1er Cru is well-defined and focused on the nose, with scents of hazelnut infusing the citrus fruit, pressed flowers, broom and freshly-baked popcorn. The palate is slightly honeyed on the entry, perhaps with a touch of botrytised fruit? The 2019 shows good acidity and is overtly spicy toward the finish. This Meursault has fine substance despite a shortfall in terms of mineralité and tension on the finish.

Drink 2023 - 2038

90/100

Neal Martin, Vinous.com (December2023)
  • Colour
    White
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2019
  • Alcohol
    14%
  • Maturity
    Not ready
  • Grape
    Chardonnay
  • Body
    Medium Bodied
  • Producer
    Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 16.5/20

From younger Pinot vines grafted over to Chardonnay in 2009. Tank sample.

Quite rich. With good tension. Really trying! Ready to drink! Lightly bitter note on the finish.

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (November2020)
Allen Meadows 89/100

From a .32 ha parcel.

Ripe and mildly exotic aromas include those of white peach, passion fruit and apricot that are trimmed in pretty citrus nuances. There is both good volume and richness to the vibrant middleweight flavours that conclude in a nicely dry citrus-tinged finish that is more powerful if a bit less elegant than its 2020 counterpart. This too should drink well young.

Drink 2023

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (June2022)
Jasper Morris MW 90/100

Fullish yellow, some oak, some evolution. I am finding this a little clumsy compared to some other wines, which are undoubtedly weighty. It fills the mouth quite impressively and is fresher on the palate. Perhaps going through a phase rather than on the downward slope, as there is no bruised apple.

Drink 2025 - 2030

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy (May2023)
Charles Curtis MW 91/100

This comes from 0.32 ha that had been budded over to Chardonnay. The fermentation is carried out in cask, 40% new, giving a result with ripe apricot fruit and hints of beeswax and hay. The texture is silky and fairly dense, with balanced acidity and a lingering finish. Liger-Belair uses a slow, four-hour press cycle without sulphur to improve the wine's stability.

Drink 2024 - 2029

Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (October2020)
William Kelley 91/100

Notes of pear, almond paste, orange oil, and white flowers introduce the 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Grandes Vignes Blanc, a medium—to full-bodied, round, and fleshy wine that's open and giving. It has a generous core of fruit and a long, subtly heady finish.

Louis-Michel Liger-Belair began picking on September 14, reporting alcohol levels between 12.5% and 14% with most wines coming in at below 13.5%) and an average yield across the domaine's holdings of 22 hectoliters per hectare. Opting once again for an early mise to capture freshness, Liger-Belair had bottled several of his 2019 reds by the time of my November visit, and he's decided to shorten the élevage of his white Clos des Grands Vignes, too.

As always, the style at this address is supple and sumptuous, and the 2019s offer an abundance of succulent fruit, richly patinated by new oak from Tonnelleries Séguin Moreau, François Frères and Plantagenet. More vibrant and refined than the 2018s, this is a terrific set of 2019s that will delight admirers of Liger-Belair's wines.

Drink 2022 - 2038

William Kelley, Wine Advocate (January2021)
About this wine

Nuits-Saint Georges

One part of the village vineyards forms a strip just above the D974 south of the town of Nuits, dipping down below the road in Prémeaux. More vineyards are on the steeper top slopes, often with a touch of the north in their otherwise eastern exposure. On the other side of Nuits, there is a much-wider swathe of village vineyard on the undulating ground below the main slope, which is populated by the Premiers Crus, as well as a narrow band at the top of the slope where there is barely any topsoil.
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair

Chardonnay

Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or. Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition. Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.
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