2006 Aloxe Corton La Toppe au Vert, Domaine, Thibault Liger-Belair

In 2001 Thibault Liger Belair took over an old family property in Nuits-St-Georges, taking back the vines which had been contracted out to various sharecroppers, and leasing a cuverie just down the road. The vines are now certified organic and farmed biodynamically, with horses used to plough the vineyards where possible. As well as his own vineyards, Thibault makes a very limited range of wines from individual vineyard plots which have caught his attention.

One such is La Toppe au Vert in the village of Ladoix, though curiously this vineyard is always sold as Aloxe Corton, a typical example of the complexities of viticultural Burgundy. The vines were planted in 1965 on a relatively deep soil of fine clay and limestoneThis is a very stylish wine with plenty of meat to it.
(Jasper Morris MW, BBR Buyer)