Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 4JULY25SALE framed by a mineral backbone

framed by a mineral backbone

Made with real apples

aged cheeses

Another aromatic

Jeff began working with this vineyard -- called Scopus -- back in 2010

Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 4JULY25SALE framed by a mineral backboneThe name is not code for anything romantic: Virgile Lignier labels this wine for the tank it lives in (No. 8) and the vintage (2022). What's inside is 100% Pinot Noir from vines planted in 1991 on clay and limestone, on a parcel that sits just outside the Morey Saint Denis boundary. Same hands, same organic farming, same ambient yeast fermentation and mostly used oak as the wines that cost four times as much, all separated by a line on a map. It's