In Bond Fine Wine. 2017 Lignier-Michelot Clos de la Roche, Morey-Saint-Denis, Burgundy, France. Grand Cru • Red Burgundy in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2022–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Neal Martin (NM) — 95/100 · Vinous, 01/01/2020 · Drink 2024-2050
The 2017 Clos-de-la-Roche Grand Cru has an expressive bouquet that is a dead ringer for a Dujac, conveying plenty of energy and earthy black fruit laced with undergrowth and sea cave scents. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and quite a firm backbone. Fresh from the start to the refreshing, elegant, saline finish that gets the saliva flowing. Excellent.
Neal Martin (NM) — 92–94/100 · Vinous, 01/01/2019 · Drink 2022-2040
The 2017 Clos de la Roche Grand Cru is matured with 80% whole bunch fruit. It has a very precise, intense bouquet of blackberry, leather, sous-bois and light iris aromas that gently unfold in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. This is a relatively linear and prudent Clos de la Roche that does not want to let its hair down, but feels reassuringly correct and precise on the fi…