Chambolle Musigny Les Baudes, Domaine Hubert Lignier 2014

This is also quite elegant with its cool and pure nose of red berry, spice, floral and sandalwood scents. There is excellent punch and muscle to the broad-shouldered flavors that possess a seductive mid-palate mouth feel that contrasts markedly with the firm, serious and impressively persistent finish. As is always the case with a classic example of Baudes this is going to require all of a decade to arrive at its apogee. 2024+

The parcel of vines that the Lignier family owns in les Baudes were planted in 1958 and lie in the extreme northern end of this fine premier cru, sandwiched between Bonnes-Mares above it on the slope and les Sentiers below. This is a small triangular section of the vineyard and the Lignier vines are planted here north-south because of the shape of this section, rather than with the customary east-west orientation. The 2014 version is a lovely wine, offering up a more black fruity personality on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet a mix of plums, black cherries, dark chocolate, gamebird, dark soil tones, smoke and fresh herbs in the upper register. On the palate the wine is pure, full-bodied and rock solid at the core, with fine structure and balance, moderate tannins and lovely focus and grip on the vibrant and long finish. Good juice, but this will need a bit longer in the cellar than the Chabiots to blossom. Drink between 2024-2055