Domaine Hubert Lignier Monthelie Rouge 2023 750ml

FRANCE : BURGUNDY : CÔTE DE BEAUNE

SUSTAINABLE : Pinot Noir

MED-BODIED, RASPBERRY, WILD STRAWBERRY, ROSE PETAL, CHALKY MINERAL, NEUTRAL OAK

Monthélie sits wedged between Volnay and Meursault — the same limestone hillsides, the same Bathonian bedrock — and is one of Burgundy's last genuinely underpriced appellations. Jasper Morris scored it 88–90 and noted the tannin structure is unmistakably Lignier: easy-going fruit on the attack, a persistent grip behind, and a finish that earns patience.

Domaine Hubert Lignier has been farming Morey-Saint-Denis since roughly 1880. Laurent, the fifth generation, practices lutte raisonnée — organic compost, no herbicides, hand-harvest with strict sorting — and vinifies in the gravity-fed cellar that defines the house style: full destemming, five-day cold soak, native yeasts, 18 months in French oak (20–30% new), no fining, no filtration.

This village wine comes from two lieux-dits: Les Duresses and Jouères. The combination brings limestone structure and lower-slope clay richness together in a way that speaks to the appellation's adjacency to both its neighbors. Drink from 2028; cellars well through 2032.

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