Comments on: Profile: Domaine Lucie et Auguste Lignier (Morey St.Denis)

By: Lignier

Lignier — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:23:04 +0000

Hi Jacob, thanks for the heads-up, and you are always welcome, let me know when you would like to pass, my e-mail is la.lignier@yahoo.fr
If you are impatient, passing your Clos de la Roche in a light decanter should be the best thing, but it will keep much much longer. If you have 6 bottles, there is no risk of running out!
Enjoy, and I am looking forward to your impressions of this wine.
Sincerely, Kellen Lignier

By: Jacob Miedema

Jacob Miedema — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:25:09 +0000

First I want to show my respect, you blogging with us on the web!
In all my 25 years of Bourgogne experience, I have never tasted a wine of Domaine Lignier, but recently I have bought a case of Clos de la Roche 2006 at Oeds Helmhout (NL) and I was wandering when I can start trying a bottle. Do I have to wait or has this wine already opened, what is its potential for keeping?
Next month we are going to visit the Côte again, but unfortunately the schedule of visits is already set up. If it would be possible, we will come to visit your domain early June next year.

By: Wendy Nield

Wendy Nield — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:14:28 +0000

We are new L&A Lignier groupies. Thank you Bill for putting us in touch with Kellen. She made us feel perfectly comfortable with our complete naiveté and even went so far as to congratulate us for it. After many hours of tasting and explaining, we feel like we’ve had a crash course in Burgundy wines. I’m wish is to figure out how to bring some of that remarkable experience home with me in bottles!

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By: Lignier, Kellen

Lignier, Kellen — Sun, 25 May 2008 09:42:44 +0000

Alain, Thank you for the sweet message, if ever you pass through Burgundy, you are welcome to contact us for a visit in the cellar.

William,The best is to contact me through Bill, he’ll give you my Mail.
Best Regards,
Kellen

By: William Summerville

William Summerville — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:19:18 +0000

Kellen, I’m a restaurateur in Minneapolis and very much would like to see your wines on our list. Who is your importer? Thanks. Bill

By: Alan Weinberg

Alan Weinberg — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:24:40 +0000

Kellen: I visited your domaine and met your husband Romain several years ago. It was a highlight of a great Burgundy trip. I have cellared various H. Lignier wines since the 90 vintage. I wish you all the luck in the world holding onto the domaine, developing your winemaking skills, and preserving your husband’s legacy for your children and the world. There are a lot of people in the wine world who feel similarly. Belated condolences to you and your family.

By: Lignier, Kellen

Lignier, Kellen — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:54:19 +0000

Coco, I don’t know about the “terroir of Fixin, except that it has existed for several (hundreds) of years… Romain planted these vines in 2001, I helped by trimming the roots on the grafts. Fixin is one of the few villages in the Côtes de Nuits that may grow a reasonably decent Chardonnay. I like this wine, but am still exploring it’s possibilities, the vines are young, too young to make an excellent wine, but healthy and productive. in 2006, I fermented the wine in 300 L barrels, not having adequate vessels for these wines available. I didn’t stir the wines during the aging to try to keep the minerality that I appreciate in Chardonnays. For me, this is a “fun” wine, I like the idea that I may experiment without to many repercussions. we like to drink it ourselves, and don’t care if we have not sold it ourselves.

By: Coco Lawton

Coco Lawton — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:42:03 +0000

Wonderful wonderful. Tell me about your Fixin. I know that Romain had bought or made part of that terroir, so any information would be welcome. Enjoyed the Fixin this past January, by the way.

By: Lignier, Kellen

Lignier, Kellen — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:09:21 +0000

With pleasure Phillip, Bill can put you into contact with me. Sorry about the seemingly terse reply…
K

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:37:09 +0000

Dear Kellen,

Please accept my apologies if my question was unthoughtfull, I have no axe to grind over what you choose to call your wines. My interest is in purely which 1er vineyards make up a given 1er sans climat wine. I had recalled (incorrectly) that there was some Gruenchers in this wine and it is that which I am interested to find. I know JP Magnien has some in his 1er sans climat but who else ? I wish you well with this and all your other wines I hope to try them on my next visit to Morey.

Phillip

By: Lignier, Kellen

Lignier, Kellen — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:53:27 +0000

Phil, and Bill,
H. Lignier makes M1VV, I make M1RL, it is basically the same, that is to say grapes, but who does what with them is an interesting question, let’s try it out in a couple of years. This “Cuvée” was names VV by an influential American Importer because the vines are old. It is an assembly of 2 1er Cru Vineyards, Les Faconnières and Les Chenevery. They are quite old, but as I was looking for a wine to honour my late husband, and a name for this wine, I decided upon “Romain Lignier”. True some can’t let go of the past, so I call it in the cave, AKA VV, But Romain was (more) beautiful than this wine and he loved it, why not let go a bit…

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:25:26 +0000

Bill
any clue as to what makes up the Morey 1er VV ?

Phil