2022 Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle-Musigny Les Bussieres 1.5L Magnum, Cote de Nuits, France Old Carter the Montserre plot

the Montserre plot

on fine lees

The eleventh century monks of Roncevaux made wine to cater to a population of tourists—religious pilgrims traveling through the mountain pass from France on their way to Santiago de Compostella in Spain

an organic property surrounded by woods in the village of Sabran located in the northern part of The Gard

2022 Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle-Musigny Les Bussieres 1.5L Magnum, Cote de Nuits, France Old Carter the Montserre plotLes Bussires sits just below the premier cru Les Sentiers (and just down slope from grand cru Bonnes Mares), hard on the border of Morey Saint Denis. The Ligniers exploit just under a half hectare of vines herea total of four parcels, planted between 1947 and 1983and the wine they produce from here combines a classically Chambolle elegance with a certain mineral derived strictness, a structure deriving more from intense calcareousness than overt