Confrerie dinner at Dempsey cookhouse. Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with expressive aromas of pretty red cherries, red licorice, elegant candied earth. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), soft mdium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet red cherries, red licorice, lots of sweet spices, touch of sweet herbs. Long sweetish pretty finish. Very good quality. Usual G Lignier high toned red fruit elegant style that I highly appreciate, though I see why the sweetish notes here might irritate some people. Perhaps in need of a bit more age to tone it down a notch.
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Perhaps a storage issue with this bottle prior to me recently purchasing it, as this showed Brownish robe and was well into secondary flavors. But it was wonderful. Each sip had me pausing and reflecting on how good it was. Great dark fruits, some minerality, great long finish, very soft tannins.
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Breathed in bottle for an hour, pale red, immediately fragrant nose, garden of flowers in bloom, refine in the mouth, good depth, drinking well now, beautiful Pinot 94+
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White burgs at Wu's.: White burgs at Wu's. My red blind. It's not remotely fair to serve this next to a 2012 Rousseau CdlR, but this is an excellent bottle of wine on its own, if quite different. This is all lithe red fruit and considerably less structure, very fragrant with strawberry notes. Most guesses were Chambolle, and it really does drink like a less precise version of Mugnier. It probably drinks a touch older than 2012, but it's delicious now. Since 2012 Georges Lignier has been making really nice wines and given the holdings is a really underrated address.
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Cherry, strawberry, ripe raspberry, pine underbrush, mild sous bois; somewhat young, a little diffuse, rich, with depth, somewhat monolithic, but well-structured with good long finish
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A new one for me and really impressed. Light is the colour and the same is true on the palate but with brooding strength and depth. For me it punches above its price point (all relative these days). Lots of raspberry jam in the mouth. This is a very nice glass of wine
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Steeped tea color, not totally clear. Earthy, briny, black fruit. Amazing on palate. Great balance. Beautiful. First pour wasn't as good as the second, suggesting bottle variation.
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Distinctively, almost worrisome light color, translucent ruby; is this really a Clos de la Roche? Someone told me that Georges Lignier is the cousin of Hubert Lignier but makes a feminine version of that famous Clos de la Roche. Looking at the color, he was not kidding. The nose is expressive with crunchy red fruit and raspberry in the foreground with grape stalks and a touch of spice adding complexity, very nice. Enters the palate really light bodied with excellent freshness and soft tannins, a ballerina. Long aromatic finish. I think the palate could benefit from some more stuffing but definitely a wine that impresses via his elegance and aromatics. Palate 93, Nose 95+
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10/20/2022 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 93 Points
Confrerie dinner at Dempsey cookhouse.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with expressive aromas of pretty red cherries, red licorice, elegant candied earth. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13.5%), soft mdium tannins, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet red cherries, red licorice, lots of sweet spices, touch of sweet herbs. Long sweetish pretty finish.
Very good quality. Usual G Lignier high toned red fruit elegant style that I highly appreciate, though I see why the sweetish notes here might irritate some people. Perhaps in need of a bit more age to tone it down a notch.
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9/12/2021 - bbq_grandcru Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perhaps a storage issue with this bottle prior to me recently purchasing it, as this showed Brownish robe and was well into secondary flavors. But it was wonderful. Each sip had me pausing and reflecting on how good it was. Great dark fruits, some minerality, great long finish, very soft tannins.
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9/9/2021 - Claret & CdP Gang Likes this wine: 94 Points
Breathed in bottle for an hour, pale red, immediately fragrant nose, garden of flowers in bloom, refine in the mouth, good depth, drinking well now, beautiful Pinot
94+
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11/6/2020 - Nicephoras wrote:
White burgs at Wu's.: White burgs at Wu's. My red blind. It's not remotely fair to serve this next to a 2012 Rousseau CdlR, but this is an excellent bottle of wine on its own, if quite different. This is all lithe red fruit and considerably less structure, very fragrant with strawberry notes. Most guesses were Chambolle, and it really does drink like a less precise version of Mugnier. It probably drinks a touch older than 2012, but it's delicious now. Since 2012 Georges Lignier has been making really nice wines and given the holdings is a really underrated address.
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3/29/2020 - wineappreciation wrote: 92 Points
Cherry, strawberry, ripe raspberry, pine underbrush, mild sous bois; somewhat young, a little diffuse, rich, with depth, somewhat monolithic, but well-structured with good long finish
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2/8/2020 - HENNO1 wrote:
A new one for me and really impressed. Light is the colour and the same is true on the palate but with brooding strength and depth. For me it punches above its price point (all relative these days). Lots of raspberry jam in the mouth. This is a very nice glass of wine
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11/5/2019 - tak4 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Steeped tea color, not totally clear. Earthy, briny, black fruit. Amazing on palate. Great balance. Beautiful. First pour wasn't as good as the second, suggesting bottle variation.
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3/20/2016 - Collector1855 wrote: 94 Points
Distinctively, almost worrisome light color, translucent ruby; is this really a Clos de la Roche? Someone told me that Georges Lignier is the cousin of Hubert Lignier but makes a feminine version of that famous Clos de la Roche. Looking at the color, he was not kidding. The nose is expressive with crunchy red fruit and raspberry in the foreground with grape stalks and a touch of spice adding complexity, very nice. Enters the palate really light bodied with excellent freshness and soft tannins, a ballerina. Long aromatic finish. I think the palate could benefit from some more stuffing but definitely a wine that impresses via his elegance and aromatics. Palate 93, Nose 95+
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