Lignier-Michelot Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru Les Faconnieres 2022 0426JACKSON more minerality and less powerful

more minerality and less powerful in style

chalky finish

fruits and spices in a neutral

lemon zest and chamomile flowers

This is the kind of organic-farmed southern white that surprises people who think the region only does power

Lignier-Michelot Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru Les Faconnieres 2022 0426JACKSON more minerality and less powerfulLes Faconnieres sits mid slope in Morey Saint Denis, and in Virgile Lignier's hands it makes a case for Morey as the most underrated village in the Cote de Nuits. This is the domaine's serious statement: dark fruited, floral, and built on real structure, with the volume and power that separates premier cru from everything below it. Lignier farms organically and leans on ambient yeasts and older oak, so the vineyard does the talking. Give it air, at