Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 'MCMLV' 2023 Bordeaux-Left Bank with Carignan playing a minor

with Carignan playing a minor role which varies based on the vintage’s character

this bottling comes from the En Vers Chânes vineyard in which Olivier owns a mere quarter of a hectare of 45-year-old vines

In years that merit production

there is firm acidity that is balanced by several grams of residual sugar

and wild-berry fruit

Hubert Lignier Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 'MCMLV' 2023 Bordeaux-Left Bank with Carignan playing a minorFor the first time in 2017, Laurent Lignier produced a separate cuve of Clos de la Roche in honor of his grandfather Henri. The Clos de la Roche MCMLV comes entirely from Henris first planting in 1955: 27 rows of Pinot Noir in the Monts Luisants climat, which he used to propagate the rest of his holdings during the 1960s. This original parcel is highly susceptible to millerandage, which results in small berries of immense concentration, and Laurent