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2018 Hubert Lignier, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru
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Grand CruThe highest and most respected classification for a French vineyard
13.7% of All Fine Wine
Grower ProducerWinemaker owns the vineyard, harvests the fruit, and produces the wine - rare in modern winemaking
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Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
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18.6% of All Producers of Fine WineWhy We're Buying
If you know Domaine Hubert Lignier for one thing, it should be the estate’s Clos de la Roche pinot noir. Hailing from the climats of Les Fremières and Monts Luisants, the grand cru wine sits at the pinnacle of depth, complexity, and structure. In his review, wine critic Neal Martin even praised it as “pure joy,” giving it a 94 to 96-point rating. Ripe fruit and limestone soil make their presence felt from the get-go. Black cherries, plums, blackberries, and candied orange soar over top layers of dark chocolate, coffee, and earthiness. The medium body lingers on the mid-palate, revealing finely grained tannins before succumbing to a lengthy saline finish. Anyone hoping to own a part of Burgundy’s legendary 2018 vintage should look no further.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Revisited in bottle, Lignier's 2018 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru lives up to its fine performance in barrel, wafting from the glass with aromas of dark berries, cherries and orange rind mingled with truffle, espresso roast, loamy soil and dark chocolate. Full-bodied, concentrated and seamless, it's layered and vibrant, with a deep core of pure fruit that largely conceals impressive reserves of fine, powdery tannins. Concluding with a long and saline finish, it will merit and reward at least a dozen years' patience, likely hitting its stride around age 20.
Allen Meadows - Burghound
There is enough reduction to knock down the fruit at present though the sleek, focused an energetic middle weight flavors possess very good freshness and fine complexity while delivering excellent length on the firmly structured finish where the only reproach is a touch of warmth. This isn't particularly concentrated though with that said, there appears to be enough underlying material to enable the 2018 Clos de la Roche to develop gracefully over many years.
Decanter
Laurent Lignier uses 0.8ha of his two holdings in the climats of Les Fremières and Monts Luisants to produce this refined expression of Clos de la Roche. Savoury and sweet, with 30 whole clusters adding aromatic spices and extra structure in 2018, this is graceful, subtle and concentrated with palate-caressing summer berry fruit and refreshing palate length.
Vinous
The 2018 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru comprises one-third whole bunch and 30 new oak. The nose is uncharacteristically backward, though with coaxing it offers enticing dark cherries, blackberry, sous-bois and pine aromas that gain intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit and a fine bead of acidity. Taut and linear, leading to a very precise, persistent finish that is a pure joy. Divine.