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CHARMES CHAMBERTIN

2012 Grand Cru Domaine Lignier-Michelot

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Gevrey Chambertin
Classification Grand Cru
ABV 13%
Vineyard Charmes Chambertin

Sadly only a 'feuillette' (a half-sized barrel). Very full and rich, with density and a blackcurrant Gevrey plumpness. L&S (Dec 2013)


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(100% vendange entier; there's just a single feuillette of this juice, which comes from Mazoyeres just before Charmes): Bright red. Aromas of blueberry, redcurrant, violet, rose, licorice and spicy oak. Dense, sweet and concentrated, but with its redcurrant and soil flavors partly masked today by oak spices and bitter chocolate. Finishes with dusty tannins. This will probably need four or five years in bottle to absorb its wood element. Rating: 90-92 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Dec 2014)

Wild game, smoke, tar, rosemary and sage lift out of the glass in the 2012 Charmes-Chambertin. Layers of deep, savory and floral-infused flavors develop in the glass, leading to an intense finish. The tannins are firm, but also nicely integrated at this stage. Lignier used 100% whole clusters on the Charmes. Drinking range: 2020 - 2030 Rating: 92-94 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Jan 2014)

(100% vendange entier; there's just a single feuillette of this juice, which comes from Mazoyeres "just before Charmes"): Bright red. Aromas of blueberry, redcurrant, violet, rose, licorice and spicy oak. Dense, sweet and concentrated, but with its redcurrant and soil flavors partly masked today by oak spices and bitter chocolate. Finishes with dusty tannins. This will probably need four or five years in bottle to absorb its wood element. Rating: 90-92 Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Jan 2014)

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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