Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER bright citrus fruit

bright citrus fruit

no fining—just pristine fruit and mineral character that opens up beautifully as it breathes

light orchard fruit and cinnamon honey with a sublimely velvety texture

Disgorges all the bottles by hand

The Tiz Rye Time bottling has a rich mouthfeel and aromas of winter spice

Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER bright citrus fruitThe 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