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Hubert Lignier, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 1997
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Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
Violets, roses, earth, dark fruits, and Asian spices are found in the beguiling aromas of the medium to dark ruby-colored 1997 Clos de la Roche. This wine offers huge ripeness of fruit, exquisite definition, opulence, and the required structure for cellaring. Immensely sweet, black fruits, chocolate, cumin, and cinnamon seemingly expand on the palate, saturating the mouth, and lingering for up to 45 seconds. It is silky-textured, crammed with loads of supple tannins, and is a wine of exceptional purity and precision. It has the powerful punch of a heavyweight, the opulence of a showgirl, and the elegance of a dancer. Projected maturity: now-2010. Importer: Neal Rosenthal Wine Merchant, New York, NY; tel (800) 910-1990.
Reviewed by: Pierre Rovani
The saturated, medium-to-dark ruby-colored 1997 Clos de la Roche has intensely spicy, candle wax, and blackberry aromas. This full-bodied and broad wine is opulently-textured and filled with sweet plummy red fruits, jammy candied cherries, as well as hints of hoisin sauce. Its extensive finish reveals loads of well-ripened, supple tannins. Anticipated maturity: now-2010.
About the Producer
For vinifications and ageing, our methods are little interventionist.The fruit’s quality is essential to craft 24 great wines. We make fresh, fine and elegant wines which are also full bodied with a long lasting and mouth-watering finish. Each of our terroirs (Clos de la Roche, Morey, Gevrey-Chambertin, …) expresses itself through our wines. Our ageing in barrels (20 to 30% new oak) is rather long (20 or 22 months), on lees and without racking after malolactic fermentation. The wines are bottled using gravity, without fining in order to keep the wine’s freshness and its ageing potential.
