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Domaine Hubert Lignier

Third time lucky! It was only on the third attempt that Laurent Lignier and I managed to get together to taste through his wide range of 2019s after turning up twice only to find nobody home! I have followed Lignier for many years. Their portfolio has expanded considerably thanks to new contracts, sometimes in co-operation with other winemakers. There is a lot of building work at the moment. The winery was enlarged several years ago and a new tasting room is almost completed.

“The harvest was from 16 to 24 September cropped at around 15% less than 2018,” Lignier explained. “The alcohol levels are between 13.5° up to 14.7°, which was for the Morey-Saint-Denis La Riotte. The pH is around 3.6 and 3.7. It was an easy vinification because the yeasts worked very efficiently and the sugar was easier to finish than last year. This is the first vintage where the Domaine is certified by ECOCERT and I have new fermages, 18-year contracts on 1.5 hectares in Volnay, Monthélie and Monthélie Premier Cru [I must remember to add more time for my visit next year]. Now there are 11 hectares under vine.” I asked Lignier to compare the 2018 and 2019 vintages and he answers: “I prefer the 2019 to 2018 because there is more expression of terroir, more freshness and purity. The 2018s are more fleshy and generous, maybe more solid with more substance perhaps. But in 2019 there is more Pinoté.”

As I anticipated, this was an excellent set of wines, bejewelled by not one but two heavenly Clos de la Roches, both the regular bottling and the Cuvée MCMLV that debuted with the 2017 vintage (see tasting notes or my producer profile in last year’s report for background details.) The 2019s are littered with gems such as the Chambolle Les Baudes and my own personal favourite, their Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes from a single block that traverses two Premier Crus. There are a handful of wines where I felt that ripeness levels were pushed right to the limit and over the limit apropos Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes. Keeping in the Lignier style, these are generally quite opulent and structured wines with blacker fruit than say Taupenot-Merme or Domaine des Lambrays, more akin to Perrot-Minot or even Clos de Tart.

From La Lumière Noire: 2019 Burgundy - Côte de Nuits (Dec 2020) by Neal Martin

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2019 Clos de La Roche Cuvée MCMLV Grand Cru

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Domaine Hubert Lignier

2019 Clos de La Roche Cuvée MCMLV Grand Cru

2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées

2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Aux Combottes 1er Cru

2019 Griotte-Chambertin Grand Cru

2019 Morey-Saint-Denis Trilogie

2019 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru

2019 Morey-Saint-Denis La Riotte 1er Cru

2019 Morey-Saint-Denis Les Chaffots 1er Cru

2019 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Poisets

2019 Nuits Saint-Georges Les Didiers (Hospices de Nuits)

2019 Pommard En Brescul

2019 Bourgogne Plant Gilbert

2019 Bourgogne Grand Chaliot

2019 Chambolle-Musigny Les Baudes 1er Cru

2019 Chambolle-Musigny Les Bussières 1er Cru

2019 Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru

2019 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

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