Hi Robert,
didn’t get to taste the Pezerolles. The Charmots is special. I am tucking away a few Magnums into my cellar.
Cheers
Jeremy
Thanks for these additional reports, Jeremy. I remember my own visit to Rebourgeons back in 2017, Delphine took us through a tasting at that time, I recall liking the Arvelets and Rugiens (2014s) quite a bit. We very occasionally see the wines in our market as well.
Sante
Mike
The Arvelets was another special one, 100 year old vines, torn out after the 2019 vintage.
I did similarly to the 20 Pezerolles, asked for max quantity of the single barrel produced on the spot…
100 year old vines aren’t born overnight…
As a departure from the norm, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair set up our tasting away from the cellar and up in a stately room by the offices. Much of our discussion centred around his extensive building works around the village of Vosne. This sleepy village is getting somewhat of a transformation in early 2023, with the opening of a market/café/wine bar called La Cuverie. Louis-Michel hopes that if one of his mates pops in for a cheeky mid-afternoon glass, and they are contacted by their spouse, that they can honestly say that they are still at La Cuverie.
Louis-Michel had remembered that we missed out on the 2019s in 2020 after we had to cancel due to Covid and he assembled a brilliant set of wines for us.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Grandes Vignes Blanc: This is a rich wine, with dense, sappy orchard fruits and some honeysuckle. It has a low-acid feel but is vital and fresh, with minerals coming to the fore at the end.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée: Plenty of spice and oodles of red fruits. It is fleshy and silky, with beautiful balance and a finish carried by sweet, supple tannins.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Clos des Grandes Vignes: Some spicy lift to the aromatics. Cherry and red berry fruits in the mouth with a hint of sweet earth. Good volume and flesh. Very long.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Suchots: Sadly, there will be no 2021, but this ’19 Suchots is beautiful. Loads of Asian spice on the nose. Very pretty red berry and black cherry fruits. It is vinous velvet in the mouth, with a luscious, creamy mid-palate and uptick of minerally acidity to the finish.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Aux Reignots: Super complex, with notes of black cherry, pomegranate, licorice and sandalwood. It has terrific volume, filling every crevice of the mouth with exotic flavours. It builds through the palate, finishing with awesome length and an imprint of mineral right at the end.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Clos Vougeot, Grand Cru: Flesh from a black cherry, with cherry stone minerality buried deep. Super concentrated, powerful and structured yet plush at the same time. There’s so much here but a long sleep in the cellar is required.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair Échezeaux, Grand Cru: Sweet and exotic. Chinese five spice powder along with plum and cherry fruits. Super luscious, creamy and powerful but light on its feet. The finish really fans out.
2019 Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair La Romanée, Grand Cru: The most complete wine. Fabulous detail, with raspberry, blueberry, cherry and plum fruits. There’s mineral tension and such great texture. The wine glides over the palate, delivering a subtle yet intense flavour hit. It is powerful without excess weight and the finish is so precise and expansive.
How did the NFTs taste?
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I remember Clos des Grandes Vignes from when Moillard was making it. It was probably my favorite of their line and an early gateway into Burgundy.
Do you have a preference between Suchots and Reignots?
Thank you for the extensive travelogue!
Great notes again Jeremy! I’m particularly interested in your opinion on the NSG Blanc, which is not a wine I see a lot of notes on, but I happen to have the odd bottle. Any thoughts on optimal drinking window (you probably know I like a degree of development on my WBs)? I know to keep to reds for blah blah ever, but keen on your thoughts on that one thanks 
!
Markus, I reckon the Reignots is a step up on the Suchots.
Rauno, it is a rich accessible wine that drinks well straight out of the gate. 5-8 years bottle age is probably about optimum for it.
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breathtaking.
(on Thomas Morey)
My last taste was at my Cellar Depressurization event a number of weeks ago, the 16 Baudines. I placed it 7th out of 122 wines.
2016 Thomas Morey Chassagne Baudines
Clear and precise lemon, flint and grapefruit tones. Some lilac blossom too. This is subtle and beautiful. Just an a point presentation with the barest caress of vanilla around yellow fruit. Sighnomenal. 94 #7
They are as delicious as points.