2010 | Domaine Hubert Lignier | Charmes Chambertin

Lightly fragrant, firm, dark but fluid. Very embryonic but well shaped and in harmony. Dry but fine tannins and the acidity well balanced. Very long even though it is so embryonic.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The 2010 Charmes-Chambertin boasts gorgeous inner perfume and mid-palate generosity. It is an especially round, seductive wine for the year. There is no shortage of personality and character. The Charmes fleshes out considerably in the glass, showing off its serious weight. All this needs is time to fully come together, but it is impressive, even today. Lignier’s Charmes is made from a parcel in Mazoyeres.

• John Gilman: The Lignier Charmes-Chambertin in 2010 is also exceptional, but it is one of the most closed wines in the cellar at the present time and will need a good dozen years of bottle age to start to really come into its own. The deep, pure and superb nose offers up scents of cassis, dark berries, espresso, black minerality, grilled meat, fresh herbs and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very pure on the attack, with a rock solid core of fruit, fine-grained tannins, tangy acids and excellent length and grip on the youthful and fairly primary finish. I may be underrating this a touch, but today it looks to be in the same league as the beautiful Combottes, rather than a step up in quality.

Producer Information

Domaine Hubert Lignier (formerly Hubert Lignier & Fils and also known as Hubert et Laurent Lignier) is a family-run domaine in Burgundy, producing both red and wines. The estate is located in Morey-Saint-Denis in the Côte de Nuits subregion and is best known for its Pinot Noir wines from the grand cru vineyard Clos de la Roche. It is owned and run by the father-son duo Hubert and Laurent Lignier. The estate is made up of around nine hectares (22 acres) of vineyard land that ranges from the basic Bourgogne appellation to grand cru. Vineyard holdings are primarily located in the villages of Morey-Saint-Denis, Gevrey-Chambertin, and Chambolle-Musigny, with newer vineyards acquired in Nuits-Saint-Georges and Pommard. Pinot Noir is the primary grape variety produced by the domaine, but Chardonnay, Gamay, and Aligoté are also included in the portfolio. Hubert Lignier practices traditional methods in the vineyard to showcase the terroir of each appellation, but practices interventionalist methods for vinification. Wines are left to age for 20-22 months in barrel, and are left unracked and on the lees after malolactic fermentation. Hubert Lignier wines are bottled without fining. Hubert Lignier himself had stepped back from running his domaine in the early 1990s, leaving the reins to his son, Romain. Romain tragically died in 2004 and Hubert returned to winemaking with his other son Laurent. The transition was not smooth, however. Following his death, Romain's widow, Kellen, established the Lucie & Auguste Lignier label (named after the couple's young children) in 2006, using vines leased to Romain by his father. Over this period, Hubert and Laurent Lignier produced wines under the Hubert Lignier & Fils title, with limited access to fruit under the sharecropping agreement with Kellen Lignier. Kellen Lignier produced wines under the Lucie & Auguste Lignier title until 2013. Since then, all Hubert Lignier's vineyard holdings are now labeled under his name.

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