Domaine Thibault Liger-Belair
In 2001, Thibault, cousin of Vicomte Liger Belair, took over an old family estate in Nuits-St-Georges and the historic vineyards attached to it: 7.25 hectares across eight AOCs, including Richebourg Grand Cru, Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Petits-Monts, Vosne-Romanée Aux Réas, Clos Vougeot Grand Cru and Nuits-St-Georges 1er Cru Les Saint Georges. Thibault now also has fourteen hectares in Moulin-à-Vent, spread across some of the finest sites in the appellation.
The vines are farmed biodynamically with the help of horses to plough the soils. Working in their new winery since May 2018, the team carefully sorts the grapes on a sorting table, and execute little punching down or pumping during maturation, with the finished wines offering up beautiful plump fruit with a mineral vein running through them. The quality/price ratio offered by this estate is hard to compete with.