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There is a beautiful ripe raspberry fruit character to Laurent Lignier’s village-level Monthélie. The texture balances silky tannins and fresh acidity to draw the wine to a pleasantly lingering finish. The grapes come from 0.31 hectares, located mainly in the portion of Les Duresses classed in village, and Les Jouènes, along with some declassified premier cru grapes. Lignier commented that in 2021 he needed to punch down more frequently to extract enough substance; to judge from the results, he got it right.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
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