Lignier Michelot, Clos Roche other_regions This was a notoriously warm

This was a notoriously warm vintage that saw sugar and phenolic ripeness shoot up very quickly at the end of the growing season

22% of which were new

Both the 2010 and the 2009 continue to blow me away every time I taste them

Give it 3-4 years of cellaring and enjoy it over the following two decades

Lignier Michelot, Clos Roche other_regions This was a notoriously warm(from a . 27 ha parcel, most of which is young vines of 15+ years though there is a parcel approximating 15% of the total with ~40 years of age). There is enough wood and reduction to notice so I would strongly advise decanting this if youre inclined to try a bottle young. There is outstanding richness to the big bodied and overtly powerful flavors that possess a suave mouth feel before culminating in a firm and persistent if slightly leafy finish. I