Liger-Belair/Thibault Nuits-St-Georges 1er cru Les St-Georges 2014

93+ points Jeb Dunnuck: “The 2014 Nuits St Georges Les St Georges 1Er Cru was fermented with 40% whole clusters and brought up in older oak. With notes of ripe black raspberries, spice, forest floor, and black cherries, it offers medium-bodied richness, a fresh, pure, elegant style, nicely integrated acidity, and a great finish. It’s youthful, energetic and a touch backward, but has terrific purity as well as potential. Give bottles 2-3 years and enjoy over the following decade. Drink: 2020-2030. (3/20/18)”

93 points and ‘Outstanding,’ Allen Meadows (Burghound): “(from a huge 2.10 ha parcel). This too is quite restrained though persistent swirling eventually reveals strikingly floral-inflected aromas that display lovely purity and freshness on the wild red berry, warm earth-scented nose. There is good richness and excellent intensity to the compact, concentrated and stony medium weight plus flavors that possess a firm core of ripe tannins on the wonderfully long, linear and powerful finish. Like the Clos de Vougeot this is indisputably built-to-age and is definitely going to need at least a decade’s worth of cellaring. Drink: 2026+. (Jan 2017)”