• Lignier-Michelot
  • Clos de la Roche Grand Cru

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Pinot Noir
    • Surface Area: 0.27 ha (0.67 ac)
    • Vine Age: Planted in 1968 and the 1990s
    • Terroir: From multiple small plots bordering Les Monts Luisants, shallow soil (30cm) mostly limestone with large stones and some small rocks.
    • Viticulture: Both purchased (sustainable) and domaine grapes (sustainable with organic practices).
    • Vinification: 50-100% whole cluster, ambient yeast fermentation, punch-downs and pump-overs, aged for 12+ months in barrels (10-15% new), no fining, occasional filtration.

    Additional Info

    Virgile has been buying grapes from the same producer since 2004.

    For his own vines, he finds this parcel too dangerous to work with the typical Burgundian enjambeur, so soils are plowed by horse and any treatments are carried out with a lower caterpillar, which he borrows from a vigneron friend.