2012 | Lignier-Michelot | Morey St Denis Les Faconnieres

An intense and vigorous bouquet with mulberry, blackberry and undergrowth aromas that are detailed and quite captivating.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Tasted blind at the annual 'Burgfest' tasting in Beaune. The 2012 Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru La Faconnieres from Virgile Lignier has an intense and vigorous bouquet with mulberry, blackberry and undergrowth aromas that are detailed and quite captivating. The palate is medium-bodied with firm, grippy tannin. This is a masculine Morey-Saint-Denis, bold and forthright with a spicy, structured finish, a premier cru that needs at least five years in bottle to soften, yet the potential is all here.

• Vinous: A relatively straight forward expression of Morey comes through in the 2012 Morey Saint Denis Les Faconnieres. The 2012 is quite pretty and it shows good intensity, but it also is a bit compact next to the Aux Chezeaux, with slightly angular contours and a bit less overall harmony. Virgile Lignier used 50% whole clusters here.

Producer Information

Domaine Lignier-Michelot is a wine producer based in the village of Morey-Saint-Denis, in Burgundy's Côte de Nuits subregion, where it produces a range of predominantly red, Pinot Noir-based wines from the Morey appellation itself and from neighboring villages. The domaine counts some highly regarded premier cru and grand cru vineyards among its holdings. The Lignier family has cultivated vines in Morey-Saint-Denis since the early 20th Century, but sold its grapes to négociants each vintage until 1992, when it began to bottle some of its own wines. The domaine has a little more than eight hectares (20 acres) under vine with several plots older than 50 years in its three premier cru sites, and younger vines in three grand cru vineyards: Clos de la Roche, Charmes-Chambertin, and a plot in Clos Saint-Denis so small it only produces a single barrel (production is often supplemented by buying in fruit from this site). Lignier-Michelot also makes village-level wine from neighboring Gevrey-Chambertin and Chambolle-Musigny. No pesticides or herbicides are used in the vineyard and low yields are maintained through vigilant green pruning. Grapes are completely destemmed and undergo a five-day cold maceration, followed by a naturally occurring fermentation. Aging typically lasts from 12 to 16 months in barrels of varying ages, with the premier and grand cru seeing a third new oak. The exceptions is the Clos de la Roche grand cru, which in some vintages is aged entirely in new barrels.

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