Liger Belair Nuits St. Georges Clos Des Grandes Vignes 2016 1.5L (Domaine Release)

There are just four-and-a-half barrels of the 2016 Nuits Saint-Georges 1er Cru Clos des Grandes Vignes and so Louis-Michel will probably keep this cuvée private for his coq au vin. It has a perfumed, floral bouquet with more red fruit that the Aux Cras (for example). This is quite open, playful even. The palate is medium-bodied with lithe tannin, tensile red berry fruit, quite spicy at first but sleek and caressing toward the finish. Very fine.