The score for 2014 Thibault Liger Belair Corton Les Renardes Grand Cru is 92 from Robert Parker and the tasting note - Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, Thibault Liger-Belair's 2014 Corton Renardes Grand Cru has a generous nose with plenty of red berry fruit. While there is evidence of a lot of new oak, it seems to be in sync with the fruit and should be absorbed with time. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, fleshy and extroverted. Perhaps not the most complex Corton on the block (or the hill?), but by the same token, one of the most enjoyable just to drink. Thibault Liger-Belair is a busy man, looking after his winery in the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges, expanding his vineyard holdings down in Beaujolais and of course, petitioning the INAO for an upgrade of the Les Saint Georges Premier Cru to Grand Cru status. Surely the appellation that gives the Côte de Nuits its name is befitting of just one Grand Cru? I ask Thibault how it is going. "Slowly," he answers, the INAO having formed a committee whose first act was to insert more stipulations that in my opinion are misguided. For example, demanding that Les Saint Georges should sell for twice as much as any other Premier Cru. Is monetary value really a measure of terroir? If that is the case then the likes of Liger-Belair, Gouges, Faiveley and Chevillon need only produce a barrel of magnums and Bob's your uncle. I am being a bit facetious here. Surely they should just conduct blind tastings over several vintages and if Les Saint Georges consistently trumps other Premier Crus, then promotion should be rubber-stamped. But hey, this is France and nobody does bureaucracy better.