2023 Domaine Hubert Lignier Les Chaffots, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, France Cascina delle Rose smoky bouquet of oxidized fruits

smoky bouquet of oxidized fruits

2018 Schafer-Frohlich Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewachs Nahe

reaching a maximum temperature of 32°C

8 hectares of vines

Aged for six months in 2/3 stainless steel and the rest in neutral French barriques

2023 Domaine Hubert Lignier Les Chaffots, Morey-Saint-Denis Premier Cru, France Cascina delle Rose smoky bouquet of oxidized fruitsThe Ligniers own just under half a hectare of vines planted in 1968 in this great premier cru, which sits just above Clos Saint Denis on the slope. Les Chaffots is the muscular, brooding counterpart to the more elegant La Riotte above, offering an immensity of structure and ruggedness of fruit that allows the wine to age effortlessly for decades. It is even more profoundly mineral driven than La Riotte, with a deeper register to its spicy, meaty