Hubert Lignier : Charmes-Chambertin Grand cru 2020

Characteristics and Tasting Notes for Hubert Lignier's Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2020

Tasting

Color
The wine reveals a deep, dark robe, true to the concentrated character of the vintage.

Nose
The nose combines red and black fruit with floral nuances and a subtle hint of citrus zest.

Palate
The palate is silky yet well structured, carried by velvety tannins that remain firmly present throughout, leading to a long and flavorful finish.

Serving and cellaring

The Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2020 is built for long cellaring, with an aging potential counted in decades rather than years, gaining further complexity with time and air.

A Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru from Domaine Hubert Lignier, dense yet refined in style

The Estate

Domaine Hubert Lignier traces its origins to 1885, when Jacques Lignier acquired vineyard plots in Morey-Saint-Denis, in the heart of Burgundy's Côte de Nuits, following the phylloxera crisis. Over six generations, the family patiently built a patchwork of parcels across some of the region's finest appellations. Today the estate, spanning roughly 11 hectares, is led by Laurent Lignier, who continues the family's low-intervention, organic approach while gradually welcoming the next generation, Sébastien and Maëlle, into the business.

The Vineyard

The Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru comes from a small plot within the Gevrey-Chambertin finage, in the Mazoyères-Haut sector, just south of the Charmes-Chambertin climat itself. Planted in 1948, the vines cover less than 0.10 hectare, making this one of the estate's most limited cuvées. The soil is clay-limestone, lying just below the Chambertin Grand Cru, with a notably mineral subsoil that lends the wine its underlying structure. As across the estate, the vines are farmed organically, without herbicides or insecticides.

The Vintage

The 2020 growing season in Burgundy was shaped by extreme climatic conditions and an unusually early harvest. The resulting grapes were highly concentrated, with thick skins, giving wines of deep color from the outset.

Winemaking and aging

Given the dense, concentrated fruit of the 2020 harvest, the estate favored a measured approach in the cellar, relying significantly on whole-cluster fermentation to soften the naturally firm tannins. As is customary at the domaine, the Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2020 underwent an extended period of barrel aging before being bottled by gravity, without fining or filtration, in order to preserve the purity of the fruit.

Grape Variety

Pinot noir (100%).