2022 Domaine Hubert Lignier Morey-St-Denis 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes [D96][V93-95][BH93]

Producer: Domaine Hubert Lignier  
Region: Morey-St-Denis, Cote de Nuits, Burgundy, France  
Varietal: Pinot Noir  
Year: 2022    

Decanter, 96 Points 

"This blended premier cru has always been the chouchou (special favourite) of Laurent Lignier. It is two-thirds of a hectare, blended from Faconnières and Les Cheneverey. The vines were planted beginning in 1936, the youngest—in 1962. It usually gives a wine that is a model of elegance and finesse, and 2022 is no exception, with pronounced aromas of mulberry and cassis touched with violets, liquorice, and cedar. The texture is ethereal and perfumed, yet the finish is astonishingly long. This wine should be accessible relatively early and should drink for 20 years at least." 

Vinous, 93-95 Points 

"The 2022 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru comes from 60% from Les Faconnieres and the rest from Chenevery.  The very complex bouquet has a mixture of red and black fruit, detailed with crushed rock and graphite.  The medium-bodied palate has fine-grain tannins with that graphite element hovering in the background.  It is very detailed and precise toward the finish.  This is one of Lignier’s finest cuvees, and the 2022 is no different.  Superb." 

Burghound, 93 Points

" This is also firmly reduced. By contrast, there is a lovely sense of freshness and verve suffusing the exceptionally rich and highly seductive medium-bodied flavors that brim with old vine sappy dry extract while exhibiting evident minerality on the superbly long, balanced and powerful finish. This is excellent and, along with the Combottes, almost always the domaine's best 1er." 

Alcohol: 13.5% 

Organically farmed. 

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