Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Baudes' 2016 1.5L CARNEROS ex-bourbon barrels

ex-bourbon barrels

On the palate this continues with a lifted acidity giving the wine a long finish

conveying plenty of energy and earthy black fruit laced with undergrowth and sea cave scents

where they were whole-cluster pressed to separate the juice from the skins to capture the pure

Cabernet Franc Southwest France Irouleguy

Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Baudes' 2016 1.5L CARNEROS ex-bourbon barrelsAs one would expect, the 2015 les Baudes has a bit more black fruit to it this year than the Chabiots, but this wine too is all in finesse and purity. The bouquet is very transparent and pure, offering up scents of red and black cherries, cocoa, violets, a lovely base of soil, gamebird and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full bodied and very sappy at the core, with lovely soil signature, suave, seamless tannins and a very long, vibrant