Lignier-Michelot Morey St Denis en la rue de Vergy 2018 clare-wine-co There’s therefore less vigour here

There’s therefore less vigour here than in the rest of the vineyard and the bunches are a touch smaller

Palate: On the palate this Chardonnay offers a harmonious balance of fruit flavours and oak influence

and extended maturation on lees

but hopes were dashed in late September when a catastrophic frost annihilated the early spring growth across much of the Clare and Eden Valleys

certified organic vineyards in McLaren Vale South Australia

Lignier-Michelot Morey St Denis en la rue de Vergy 2018 clare-wine-co There’s therefore less vigour hereProduced from vines planted 1990 in a small south facing amphitheatre near Malleval right not far from the famous Lys de Volan site formerly owned by Gerard Depardieu and Alain Paret (Guigal recently bought half of Lys de Volan). The soil here is granitic migmatite leococrate which imparts wonderful freshness and texture to the wine. Matured for 8 months in older barriques this wine shows the fresher and more mineral style of Condrieu (13. 5% alc).