ex-bourbon barrels
Vineyards here are blessed with a great diversity of soils and microclimates and express their distinct personalities through remarkable wines
the original viticultural principles reemerged
where they were whole-cluster pressed to separate the juice from the skins to capture the pure
The formula for Chartreuse is complex and varied
Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Baudes' 2016 1.5L CARNEROS ex-bourbon barrelsAs one would expect, the 2015 les Baudes has a bit more black fruit to it this year than the Chabiots, but this wine too is all in finesse and purity. The bouquet is very transparent and pure, offering up scents of red and black cherries, cocoa, violets, a lovely base of soil, gamebird and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full bodied and very sappy at the core, with lovely soil signature, suave, seamless tannins and a very long, vibrant