Popped and poured; enjoyed with cedar plank salmon. The 2017 Hubert Lignier "Grand Chaliot" is about as representative of 2017 Pinot Noir from Burgundy as I can think of. Upon release, these showed pretty well, considering...but in just a few years, time has caught up to it. It's high toned, light, thin, green and overall recalcitrant. Structure is kinda there...though the acid seems a little out of balance (high). Quite a bit more VA than I would have expected from Lignier so this could be an off bottle but...nothing jumped out as being especially "wrong". It was just...hard to really love which is so unusual for this producer. A decent pairing with the salmon but would have been much better if it had been a more typical "Grand Chaliot". If you have any of these laying around, I would drink soon.
Popped and poured; enjoyed with cedar plank salmon. The 2017 Hubert Lignier "Grand Chaliot" is about as representative of 2017 Pinot Noir from Burgundy as I can think of. Upon release, these showed pretty well, considering...but in just a few years, time has caught up to it. It's high toned, light, thin, green and overall recalcitrant. Structure is kinda there...though the acid seems a little out of balance (high). Quite a bit more VA than I would have expected from Lignier so this could be an off bottle but...nothing jumped out as being especially "wrong". It was just...hard to really love which is so unusual for this producer. A decent pairing with the salmon but would have been much better if it had been a more typical "Grand Chaliot". If you have any of these laying around, I would drink soon.
Sep 28th, 2023
Burgundy, France
