MOREY SAINT DENIS

2014 Rue de Vergy Domaine Lignier-Michelot

Grapes Pinot Noir
Colour Red
Origin France, Burgundy
District Côte d'Or
Sub-district Côte de Nuits
Village Morey Saint Denis
ABV 13%
Vineyard Rue de Vergy

A little jewel of minerality. Firm and taut, with a tinglingly fresh and detailed fruit, sweet expression in a dry texture, supple yet still firm and dry and long. Drinking range: 2018 - L&S (Nov 2015)


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(25% vendange entier): Good medium red. Complex, laid-back scents of strawberry, mocha, brown spices and underbrush; soil-driven but not yet expressive. Classic Morey-Saint-Denis flavors of savory red berries and spices convey good inner-mouth tension. Finishes subtle and long, with lingering spice character. This has turned out nicely. Drinking range: 2021 - 2027 Rating: 90 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Mar 2017)

Intense, bright blackberry fruit – really pure and vibrant. Well made and full of energy and perfume. Rating: 7/10 Susie Barrie MW (Jan 2016)

Light bright crimson. Pale rim. Light nose. Charming fruity palate with energy and grainy but not aggressively tannic texture. Lots of vivacity and grip. Drinking range: 2018 - 2026 Rating: 16.5 Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2016)

Domaine Lignier-Michelot

A domaine of 11 hectares, 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.

The wines 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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