2023 Domaine Hubert Lignier La Riotte, Morey St Denis Premier Cru, France Domaine Padié Blend of 2019 and 2020

Blend of 2019 and 2020

fortified with corn spirit also from Austria

this Chardonnay is pressed as whole clusters and fermented cool to keep the line taut

First conceived as Barbeito’s core offerings in the 5-year-old category

blended and left on the lees for 4 months

2023 Domaine Hubert Lignier La Riotte, Morey St Denis Premier Cru, France Domaine Padié Blend of 2019 and 2020Situated at the foot of grand cru Clos Saint Denis, La Riotte is a cru full of small stones, and it possesses a distinctively vivid, tight grained minerality from which all other elements of the wine seem to flow. Beneath the dominating calcareous elements are gorgeous red fruits, wispy spices, and a notable floral character. Aged in one quarter new wood for 18 months, La Riotte is a formidable wine that nonetheless refrains from drawing undue