CLOS DE LA ROCHE
2023 Grand Cru Domaine Lignier-Michelot
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Nuits |
| Village | Morey Saint Denis |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| ABV | 13.5% |
| Vineyard | Clos de la Roche |
Super lift and elegance. Ultimately silky red fruit, and just calmly taking flight off the rock. A great Grand Cru! The energy in this is just amazing - there's the weight and presence of a Grand cru, but it's weightless at the same time - complete harmony in the length. Drinking range: 2033 - L&S (Nov 2024)
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Mouth-filling and ambitious. Lots of structure and ambition but needs quite a bit of time. May well be rewarding eventually. (JR) Drinking range: 2034 - 2049 Rating: 17 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2025)
Ruby purple, with a fine concentration of dark red fruit picked at optimum ripeness. The whole bunches (90%) give a further lift to the nose, while what starts well in bouquet really gains ground on the palate. Everything is perfectly in place, a really striking Clos de la Roche with a suave middle ground and long, perfectly balanced finish. As always, this is a vineyard built for ageing. Making me smile! And the best news – there are 13 barrels! Drinking range: 2033 - 2045 Rating: ***** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Nov 2024)
The 2023 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, which includes 80% whole bunch, has a beautifully defined bouquet that is more complex and terroir-expressive than the preceding Charmes-Chambertin. The palate is medium-bodied with a fleshy opening that disguises the insistent grip behind, a testament to Lignier-Michelot's more hands-off approach in extraction. It is refined, with lovely balance and a touch of allspice toward the finish. This is a worthy follow-up to his standout 2022. I would not be surprised if it ends up at the top of my banded score once in bottle. Drinking range: 2027 - 2050 Rating: 95-97 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Nov 2024)
Domaine Lignier-Michelot
A domaine now of 13.5 hectares, some owned, some in fermage with a little bought in. An average of 290 barrels a year. 25% regionals, 50% Villages, 20% Premiers crus and 5% Grands Crus. Virgile Lignier worked at the domaine with his father Maurice from 1988, beginning to bottle some of the wine from 1992 (it had previously been sold to the négoce), taking over in 2000, which was the vintage when he first bottled all the domaine's production.
In the vineyard Virgile made significant changes, stopping the use of herbicides, and beginning to plough instead. Green harvesting to limits yields followed, along with greater attention to grape selection. The domaine works organically except in extremis, so it's lutte raisonnée.
The wines are made with the least intervention possible, with lots of whole bunches. little extraction (one or two pigeages but mostly he's into remontages, then aged in barrel with 15-20% new wood. They have a lovely combination of enough body and richness, combined with a lively clarity of expression. The old vines village cuvées are seriously good, and great value too. Going up the scale each site seems to speak very clearly of its source and there is a brightness and energy along with full, seamless fruit.
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