2019 Georges Lignier et Fils Clos de la Roche

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  8/13/2023 - Robert Pavlovich Likes this wine:

  This 19’ Georges Lignier CdlR was a big step up over the 20’ Combottes tasted a few months back, and really reminds me how much I enjoy the better wines from this vineyard.
  
  With so many producers dialing back oak, and making many of the same decisions that are friendly with buyers, I feel like in some cases, we’re getting a better picture of vintage and vineyard than before.
  
  While this 2019 seems to have a fairly heavy vintage signature (not a bad thing), it reminds me of a 12’ Lignier-Michelot I opened last year. Having the elegance of Burgundy, but showing such great presence and understated power behind it. You don’t have to guess, knowing immediately it’s grand cru quality. Both also showed a restrained level of sweetness that helped give them great balance. I could expand on all the descriptors (depth, texture, complex spice, length, good acids behind, without a hint of heat) but no need. Sure, higher levels of CdlR are out there, but I was real happy with this.
  
  This saw about three hours in a decanter before serving, though I had a taste directly after opening and found the palate was rather open, and the nose mostly closed. Air did help for both.
  
  Importer notes:
  Holdings - Just over 1 hectare, spread around CdlR, mostly in the lower part, Les Mochamps and Les Chabiots
  50% new oak (20 months)
  80% destemmed
  Sulfur after malo, before bottling
  Benoit Stehly, nephew of Georges Lignier took over in 2008

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