Lignier Michelot, Morey Saint Denis Vv other_regions

Lignier Michelot, Morey Saint Denis Vv other_regions(from a blend of Trs Girard, Les Cognes and Chenevery). A ripe, fresh and equally floral suffused nose offers up a mix of red and dark currant tinged with crushed fennel. The very rich, caressing and seductively textured mid palate contrasts somewhat with the punchy, powerful, dusty and robust finale. At least some patience will be required for his very good Morey villages.

I am very interested to see these wines again in the year 2030

Real spine

Disgorged March 2015

This one is the hardest to taste today of this trio of 2012 Syrahs

—Blind 2000 Bordeaux retrospective (December 2015)

(the 5+ ha Clos is composed of approximately 80% Petits Epenots and 20% Grands Epenots

I would have guessed this was 14

where it aged for 14 months

Giving up terrific notes of blackberries

pushing the fruit to the background

This will probably always be chewy and I have put the drinking window earlier than it might otherwise be to avoid the risk of this drying out with extended bottle age

the mid-palate and finish is packed with the layers of dense