Domaine Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin 2015

Why is this Wine so Yummy?

Hubert Lignier has been a favourite of mine since I first tasted the Domain’s wines 20 years ago.

When you’re looking at wines from the great producers, like Hubert Lignier, they optimise every year. With 2015 having already proven itself to be one of the greats, Lignier’s wines will be divine!

Hubert Lignier’s 2015 Vintage

Harvesting started on 8 September. A quieter year in the vineyards at last! The small ripe bunches of Pinot Noir were greeted with delight on the sorting table and gave us a glimpse of a great vintage for cellar-ageing. The wines are rich and silky on the palate with pronounced black fruit. The aromatic depth inspires the drinker, its substance shows great nobility. These velvety wines is one for laying down …

Vintage at Hubert Lignier

This is a fantastic short film sharing some of the history of the Domaine and a day in the life of the Lignier’s during vintage.

Winemaking

Father and son Hubert and Laurent Lignier manage this 9 hectares estate in Morey-Saint-Denis. They practice organic viticulture in order to create a perfect balance for the vine’s growth but have no intention of seeking certification. Their wines are fresh, fine and elegant Burgundies thanks to the very little intervention in the cellar:  no racking after malolactic fermentation, ageing on lees in old barrels for 20 to 22 months and bottled without fining. That’s the technical bit.

The fun bit, is, the personality-filled wine, layered, complex, harmonious, simply put, begging you to drink it!