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GEVREY CHAMBERTIN

2021 Le Créot Thibault Liger-Belair Successeurs

EN PRIMEUR
Pinot NoirRedFrance,BurgundyCôte d'OrCôte de NuitsGevrey Chambertin 13%Le Créot

En Créot is on the Brochon (northerly) side of the village, on 30cm of limestone scree soil. It's a terroir for sophisticated wines, and this has a bright and well-defined fruit, a sort of purple floral edge, and then sleekly positive through the palate - you can almost sense the slope, and it's polished and long. Drinking range: 2026 - 2035L&S (Oct 2022)

75cl bottles (case of 6)

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Rather more solid and severe than my ideal Chambolle (because it turned out to be Gevrey!) but it will certainly have a future! Drinking range: 2026 - 2038 Rating: 16+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2023)

The 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin En Créot comes from the unfashionable Brochon side of the appellation. This is 100% de-stemmed, while you would think there is a touch of whole bunches here - rather, it articulates the pepperiness from the limestone soils. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red fruit, moderate depth, slightly lactic towards the finish with a somewhat bitter aftertaste. It will require a couple of years in bottle. Drinking range: 2024 - 2034 Rating: 87-89 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2023)

Thibault’s team run these vines and he buys the grapes. Quite a dark full purple. There is a lovely depth of fruit here, with a fresh lively touch from the active limestone. More depth and a more interesting balance here. Fine! Drinking range: 2026 - 2031 Rating: **** 90-93 Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy  (Nov 2022)

The lack of the word 'domaine' in the name signals that this is a négociant wine from Thibault Liger-Belair. On the whole Thibault buys grapes having tended the vines with his own team, so that the wines are domaine wines in all but name.

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