Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Baudes' 2016 1.5L CARNEROS Cabernet Franc Southwest France Irouleguy

Cabernet Franc Southwest France Irouleguy

Vineyards here are blessed with a great diversity of soils and microclimates and express their distinct personalities through remarkable wines

where they were whole-cluster pressed to separate the juice from the skins to capture the pure

The formula for Chartreuse is complex and varied

ex-bourbon barrels

Domaine Hubert Lignier Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru 'Les Baudes' 2016 1.5L CARNEROS Cabernet Franc Southwest France IrouleguyAs one would expect, the 2015 les Baudes has a bit more black fruit to it this year than the Chabiots, but this wine too is all in finesse and purity. The bouquet is very transparent and pure, offering up scents of red and black cherries, cocoa, violets, a lovely base of soil, gamebird and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full bodied and very sappy at the core, with lovely soil signature, suave, seamless tannins and a very long, vibrant