2024, Domaine Lignier-Michelot, BOURGOGNE, Pinot Noir

100% Côte de Nuits Pinot Noir - mostly below Chambolle.

 Rich deep purple, a fractional reduction cannot disguise the volume of fruit. Excellent energy through the middle, perhaps the 70% whole bunches, with a red fruit lift at the finish. Drink from 2027-2030.
**** 88-89 Jasper Morris MW

A more elegant nose features scents of various red berries, soft earth and a top note of kirsch. The finer, though not denser, flavours possess slightly better energy that carries over to the mildly rustic, lingering and more complex finale. Worth a look.
86-89 Burghound. Outstanding.