CLOS VOUGEOT Grand Cru Henri Boillot 2016 vs CORTON Grand Cru Clos du Roi Thibault Liger-Belair 2016
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| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £199.00 | £199.00 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Style | Other | Other |
| Grape | Pinot Noir | Pinot Noir |
| ABV | 13.5% | 13% |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
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CLOS VOUGEOT Grand Cru Henri Boillot 2016
The 2016 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a fragrant bouquet with red cherries and hints of kirsch, gently unfolding with time and not as immediate as its peers. The palate is well balanced with sappy red fruit, a slightly rustic frame of tannin with some dryness towards the spice-tinged finish. It improves considerably in the glass, gaining more personality and harmony, though never really captures the heart. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting.
CORTON Grand Cru Clos du Roi Thibault Liger-Belair 2016
(this is another new wine for Liger-Belair, from vines planted in 1952 and 1944; about 38 hectoliters per hectare produced; made with 20% whole clusters): Bright ruby-red. Kirsch, licorice and mint dominate the youthfully medicinal nose. Then distinctly dark in character and clenched today, showing limited sweetness and early personality to its savory flavors of dark berries, mint and licorice. There's a cool medicinal quality here that's just this side of hard. Finishes more salty than sweet, with building tannins. The white marl in the soil gives this wine a firm style, notes Liger-Belair, who may give it a later bottling.
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