Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Thibault Liger-Belair 2021

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Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru Thibault Liger-Belair 2021

The wine

Le Clos de Vougeot has a legendary ring to it in the ear of many wine enthusiasts. It conjures up visions of prestige, the vines where it is made growing in the shadow of a 12th century château, a bottle of something truly rare. Thibault Liger-Belair cultivates 0.75 hectares of vines in the south of the appellation, at the point where Clos Vougeot meets Echézeaux. The terroir here is a mosaic of three different kinds of soil. The result? Wines at once fine and powerful.

The estate was founded in 2001, when the family’s five hectares of vines – previously leased out under sharecropping agreements – were brought back under direct management. Since the 18th century, the Burgundian family had overseen the C. Marey and Comte Liger-Belair wine-trading houses. Today, the vineyard extends over eight hectares across some of Burgundy’s most renowned appellations, including Richebourg, Vosne-Romanée, Clos de Vougeot, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Gevrey-Chambertin.
In 2004, Thibault established a wine-trading business, Thibault Liger-Belair Successeurs, through which he purchases grapes and farms a further 12 hectares of vines. In 2008, the winemaker expanded into Beaujolais – a region he discovered during his studies – settling in Moulin-à-Vent and creating Domaine des Pierres Roses.
Across these various ventures, the guiding philosophy remains the same: a pursuit of finesse and a constant effort to understand what each vine requires. The wines have already reached an impressive level and are widely regarded as among the region’s rising stars, combining substance with elegance.