2014 Clos de La Roche Grand Cru

Benoît Stehly told me he doesn't like wines more than 15 years old “Until then,” he explained, “you can feel the job you did After that, there’s very little relationship between what you did and what you taste in the wines It’s like when your kid leaves home and goes off on his own: it’s the wine by itself” As I mentioned in my introduction to the Georges Lignier 2015s, that crop of wines is the breakthrough vintage here and the most promising in many, many years But Stehly’s leaner ‘14s amply display the purity of his style Stehly told me that he intentionally made softer wines from the village parcels that he harvested late in 2014, vinifying those cuvées with a lower percentage of whole clusters

Benoît Stehly told me he doesn't like wines more than 15 years old. “Until then,” he explained, “you can feel the job you did. After that, there’s very little relationship between what you did and what you taste in the wines. It’s like when your kid leaves home and goes off on his own: it’s the wine by itself.” As I mentioned in my introduction to the Georges Lignier 2015s, that crop of wines is the breakthrough vintage here and the most promising in many, many years. But Stehly’s leaner ‘14s amply display the purity of his style. Stehly told me that he intentionally made softer wines from the village parcels that he harvested late in 2014, vinifying those cuvées with a lower percentage of whole clusters.