2021 Hubert Lignier Morey St. Denis Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru
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The 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru has a delightful heartwarming nose with ample redcurrant and raspberry fruit, touches of undergrowth and allspice. It has fine presence and delineation and blossoms in the glass. The palate is well balanced with finely chiselled tannins. This is poised and focused with a keen line of acidity and attractive citrus-fresh dark plummy fruit on the finish. An excellent Morey-Saint-Denis for the vintage. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.
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A blend of Faconnières and Les Chenevery, the 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes 1er Cru, has an earthy bouquet, touches of liquorice infusing the red berry fruit, then becoming saline with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, quite fleshy. Not as complex as other recent vintages but cohesive and sustained on the finish with a minerally aftertaste. Give it time in bottle.
Always one of the highlights of the range chez Lignier, the 2021 Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes is lovely, offering up aromas of dark berries and plums mingled with hints of licorice, mint and baking spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and concentrated, with powdery tannins, lively acids and a long, sapid finish, it's one 2021 that's built for the cellar.