Domaine Thibault Ligair-Belair Bourgogne Gamay 'Les Deux Terres" 2019

The Domaine Thibault Ligair-Belair Bourgogne Gamay 'Les Deux Terres" 2019 is a blend of 85% Gamay and 15% Pinot Noir from both Beaujolais and Burgundy, resulting in a medium-bodied wine with notes of red cherry, wild strawberry, violet, and pepper. It is produced using organic and biodynamic farming, with grapes hand-harvested and fermented for three weeks, then aged for 12 months in neutral oak barrels. The wine is known for its finesse, structure, and silky tannin

Thibault Liger-Belair has two hectares in Les Saint Georges, the vineyard which gives Nuits the rest of its name, and 60 acres out of a total of 4 hectares of the Grand Cru Richebourg, as well as a good holding in the Clos Vougeot and some well-placed village wines. The vineyards are a good start, but it is Thibault himself who has catapulted this domaine straight into the very top echelons of Côte de Nuits domaines from his first vintage (2002). 

Thibault was trained as an oenologist but first worked as a wine buyer. He has come to wine making with a wide experience of wine buying, and has had the advantage of having discussed wine-making for many years, with the benefit of his oenological background, with some of the best winemakers of the world. Viticulture is biodynamic (since 2005), yields low but not ludicrously low, everything is pragmatic, so that he should be doing just what is necessary and no more. He uses 40-50% new wood maximum. The wines are bright, pure, focused, aromatic and elegant without lacking anything in the way of stuffing.