CHARMES CHAMBERTIN
2015 Grand Cru Domaine Lignier-Michelot
Grapes | Pinot Noir |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Burgundy |
District | C么te d'Or |
Sub-district | C么te de Nuits |
Village | Gevrey Chambertin |
Classification | Grand Cru |
ABV | 13% |
Vineyard | Charmes Chambertin |
(100% vendange entier; these 70-year-old vines in Mazoy猫res were sold after the 2016 harvest): Full, deep red. Dark aromas of blueberry, blackberry, licorice and violet. Juicy and tight; invigorating for a 2015, conveying very good energy and saline minerality. From all millerand茅 grapes, according to Lignier, and it shows in the wine's intensity, structure and persistent black-fruit-and-licorice finish. My favorite of these 2015s today, and built to age. Rating: 91-94 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Jan 2017)
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The 2015 Charmes Chambertin Grand Cru is 100% whole cluster fruit with the same oak regime as the Clos Saint-Denis. It has a seductive and pure bouquet with perfumed red cherries, crushed strawberry, mandarin and cola scents, quite generous but with more to give in the future. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin and very well-judged acidity interwoven through the brambly red fruit, leather and cedar. It becomes more masculine and structured towards the finish, almost Mazis in style, with a long spicy aftertaste. Drinking range: 2020 - 2040 Rating: 93-95 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Dec 2016)
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 n茅goce), 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 raisonn茅e.
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 cuv茅es 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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