Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER Special Cuvée is where the

Special Cuvée is where the legend starts: a Pinot Noir-driven blend built for richness and depth

dry-farmed Dijon clones rooted in the volcanic basalts of the Eola-Amity Hills

The difference matters: tahona-crushed agave retains more complex sugars and produces a richer

followed by notes of warm spices and walnuts

The Tiz Rye Time bottling has a rich mouthfeel and aromas of winter spice

Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER Special Cuvée is where theThe name is not code for anything romantic: Virgile Lignier labels this wine for the tank it lives in (No. 8) and the vintage (2022). What's inside is 100% Pinot Noir from vines planted in 1991 on clay and limestone, on a parcel that sits just outside the Morey Saint Denis boundary. Same hands, same organic farming, same ambient yeast fermentation and mostly used oak as the wines that cost four times as much, all separated by a line on a map. It's