Virgile Lignier-Michelot Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes
Wine Information
This old vines blend is from 3 different lieux-dits in Morey-Saint-Denis. 50% of the fruit is from Les Cognées, 25% from Très Girard, 25% from Les Chenevery.
This comes from 3 plots with an average vine age of 40 years. This is a delicious village with pureed plum and spice fruit and fresh tangy personality. Good powdery tannins and length.
Size: 1.50 ha (3.71 ac)
Variety: Pinot Noir
Vine Age: Planted in 1946, 1948, 1950s, 1980s
Terroir: Three vineyards with deep clay, sand, and gravel soils and clay-limestone bedrock from the Middle Jurassic
Viticulture: Organic (not certified)
Vinification: 70% whole-cluster, short cold maceration, indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in oak barrel (30% new).
- Product Name: Morey-Saint-Denis Vieilles Vignes
- Producer: Domaine Virgile Lignier-Michelot
- Importer: Becky Wasserman Selections
- Country Region Appellation:
- France
- France
- Burgundy
- France
- Burgundy
- Cote de Nuits
- France
- Burgundy
- Cote de Nuits
- Morey Saint Denis
- Varietal: Pinot Noir
- Agricultural Standards: Organic
- ALC %: 13.5