Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru Faconnieres
Domaine Virgile Lignier-Michelot
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A beautifully sited vineyard planted 1948 located just below
the ‘heart’ of Clos de la Roche “(80% whole bunch ferment in 2017). Often very close to Grand cru in quality and depth. Stunning.
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- Wine Country
- France
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- Grape varieties wine
- Pinot Noir
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- Wine-food combination
- Feathered game, roasted white meets, lean red meat, cheeses
About this wine
Description & facts
For Virgile, this terroir, especially the soils,
are worthy of Grand Cru status. "You just can't make bad wine here."
The name of this parcel refers to the falcons that circle around the vineyard. Work in all of Virgile's vines and the cellar has been carried out in function of the lunar cycle since 2010.
- Producer
- Domaine Virgile Lignier-Michelot
- Country of origin
- France
- Wine Region
- Burgundy
- Classification
- AOC Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru
- Organic/Biodynamic/Vegan:
- Organic
- Vintage
- 2018
- Grape varieties wine
- Pinot Noir
- % of grape varieties wine
- Pinor Noir
- Tasting note
- There is an interesting hint of smoked venison to the notably spicy and floral-suffused aromas of poached plum and black cherry. There is outstanding intensity to the tautly muscular and stony middle weight plus flavors that possess succulent mid-palate while exhibiting excellent length on the youthfully austere finale. This age-worthy effort is a bit more refined than usual.
- Wine-food combination
- Feathered game, roasted white meets, lean red meat, cheeses
- Vinification
- 50% de-stemmed, cold pre-fermentation maceration, rapid de-vatting. Aged for 12 months on fine lees in barrel (30% new), 5 months settling in tank, unfiltered.
- Location Vineyard
- A beautifully sited vineyard planted 1948 located just below the ‘heart’ of Clos de la Roche
- Soil
- Above Les Chenevery on richer clay soils
- Closure
- cork
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 16 C
- Ageing potential
- Drink now untill morethan 10 years
- Awards & ratings
- (91-93) Burghound.com January 2020(91-93) Vinous Media, Neal Martin January 2020
