List Price:
$1,117.95
Scores:
IWC 92-94 / BH 92-95
Type: Still
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
District/Appelation: Morey-St-Denis
Vineyard: Clos de la Roche
Designation: Grand Cru
Varietal(s): Pinot Noir
REVIEWS:
International Wine Cellar / 92-94
"Deep, bright ruby-red color. Highly nuanced, very pure nose combines briary black cherry, brown spices and licorice, with soil-inflected pepper, dried flowers and eucalyptus. Suave on entry, then complex, tactile and intensely flavored in the middle palate, showing more finesse of texture than the Faconnieres and a juicy core of dark fruits. This mounts and gains in thickness toward the back, finishing with firm tannins and lovely subtle complexity. Lignier says he would wait eight years to drink the crus in 2005."-ST
Burghound / 92-95
"And speaking of typical, as usual this is the best wine in the range with a simply gorgeous range of seductive if serious aromas that include both red and blue pinot fruit, spice notes, game and underbrush hints that continue onto the classy, pure and wonderfully deep and palate-staining flavors oozing with ripe extract that completely buffer the firm but ripe tannins. This is also built to age and should reward amply 12 to 15 years of patience. A stunner of a wine." - AM