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Hubert Lignier, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2021
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Reviewed by: William Kelley
There are only five barrels of the 2021 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru, but the wine has turned out very well. Wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, vine smoke, rose petals and raw cocoa, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and tightly wound, with good concentration, bright acids and a long, mineral finish.
Reviewed by: Neal Martin
The 2021 Clos-de-la-Roche Grand Cru has a very focused, mineral-rich bouquet with intense red fruit laced with rose petal, blood oranges and graphite (though this ebbs with aeration). The palate is medium-bodied with fine, saturated tannins, impressive density, very minerally with superb transparency towards the linear finish. Wonderful.
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.
