Wines of the Week: 
2016 Domaine Michel Quintaine Vire Clesse Chardonnay Normally $37.99–$32.29 15% Off This Week ONLY! 2018 Lignier Michelot Morey-St-Denis Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir Normally $49.99–$42.49 15% Off This Week ONLY! * * * About the Wines of the Week: 2016 Domaine Michel Quintaine Vire Clesse Chardonnay Normally $37.99–$32.29 15% Off This Week ONLY! .jpeg)
About the Winery Franck Michel and his nephew, Vincent, took over the domaine from Franck’s father, Rene, in 1996. Franck is the cellar master and runs the day-to-day at the domaine while Vincent is in charge of the vineyards. Vincent’s father, Denis, chose to take care of the family’s cattle. Domaine Michel has operated for more than six generations with an exceptional heritage of old vines on the best slopes of Clesse in Mâconnais, within the village of Cray in southern Burgundy, cultivating the noble grape Chardonnay and developing there for reference wines. The Appellation Communale Viré-Clessé was obtained with the 1998 vintage; recognition of this AOC has the expected enhancement of the quality and the character of the terroir. The family has chosen to work the vineyards on the best clay-limestone slopes of Clessé exposed to the rising of the sun. They produce a lineup of four Viré-Clessés and a small amount of Macon-Villages from vines they own just outside of Viré-Clessé. Their total exploitation amounts to 37 acres.With an average vine age of over 50 years, organic fertilizers (composted manure) and regular plowing contribute to the maintenance of soil and respect for the balance of the plots. 
About the Wine The vine plants "grafts" used for maintenance of the vineyards are made on the estate, from grafts taken from old vines, to preserve maximum typicality. Winter pruning and green pruning when the flower to mid June are deliberately short to master yields and obtain the richest possible grapes. The vines are leafless on the eve of the harvest to aerate the grapes and optimize sun exposure. The harvest is done entirely by hand, the grapes are carefully selected and well-picked at optimum ripeness. The 2016 Quintaine Viré Clessé comes from about 50 year old vines of Chardonnay cultivated on about 3 hectares. The vineyard site is located on the Quintaine hillside, in Clessé, situated on clay-limestone marl soils. After harvest, the wine is aged exclusively in stainless steel vats, with fermentations under controlled temperature, for 18 to 20 months. In order to best express the nuances of the terroir, the wine goes through malolactic fermentation–creating a texture and creaminess in the final wine.
* * * 2018 Lignier Michelot Morey-St-Denis Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir Normally $49.99–$42.49 15% Off This Week ONLY! 
About the Winery Domaine Lignier-Michelot has been part of the landscape of Morey St. Denis since early in the twentieth century, but like so many of its neighbors throughout the Côte d’Or, during most of that time the domaine was content to sell off its entire production to négociants. The current head of this fine eight hectare domaine, Virgile Lignier, who joined his father Maurice at the domaine in 1992, is the fourth generation to run the family property, and was instrumental in the family beginning to offer their wines for sale in bottles. Not coincidentally, 1992 was the first year that Domaine Lignier-Michelot began to estate bottle their wines and sell them directly. In the late 1990s Virgile succeeded his father as head of the domaine, with 2000 being the first vintage that he vinified completely on his own. Lignier-Michelot has holdings in Chambolle-Musigny and Gevrey-Chambertin at the villages level, a Morey St. Denis “Rue de Vergy” (also AC) and a bevy of top-notch Morey premier crus including parcels in the vineyards of Aux Charmes, Chenevery and Façonnières. Their fine lineup is rounded out by a parcel of vines in the grand cru of Clos de la Roche, bringing the domaine’s production to approximately one thousand cases per year. Virgile Lignier is meticulous in the vineyards, where he routinely prunes aggressively to limit yields, and seeks to be as natural as possible when confronting viticultural challenges in the vineyard. His goal is that which was often stated by Henri Jayer: to produce the finest fruit possible from which to work with so that the wine can make itself as much as possible. He completely de-stems the grapes and allows the cool must to macerate for five or six days prior to the onset of fermentation (again, à la Monsieur Jayer). The wines are then aged in varying percentages of new oak for a year to fifteen months (village wines see about twenty percent new wood, premier crus about one-third, and the Clos de la Roche is raised in anywhere from eighty to one hundred percent new oak, depending on the quality of the vintage), racked into tank for another three months to allow the wines to fall brilliant, and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. .jpg)
About the Wine A miniscule site of only 1.1 ha (2.72 acres), the vines for this wine were planted in the 1960s. Situated on deeper clay soils typical of the Chambolle-Musigny Village appellation, the vines are harvested with organic practices. After harvest, about 50% of the grapes remain whole-cluster; followed by a cold maceration and an indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months in barrel (20-30% new), unfiltered.The style of the Lignier-Michelot wines is dramatic and opulent, with sappy cores of fruit, excellent expressions of terroir, and the balance and structure to allow graceful aging in the cellar. The relatively recent history of selling all their production in bottles has kept the domaine’s profile relatively low key at the present time, which translates into outstanding opportunities for good value. This wine offers dark fruits such as dark cherries and blackberry on the nose, with layers leading into crushed iris petals. The palate is sweet and candied on the entry, quite plush and forward, leading to a slightly saccharine finish.
* * * Cocktail Recipe of the Week: 
Stone Wall Ingredients: 1 piece fresh ginger (inch long peeled and thinly sliced) 1 1/2 teaspoons simple syrup 1 1/2 oz. Zaya Gran Reserva Rum 12 year 1 1/2 oz. apple cider Ice 1 1/2 oz. Barritt's ginger beer, chilled 1 lime wedge 1 apple slice Directions: In a cocktail shaker, muddle the ginger with the simple syrup. Add the rum and cider; fill the shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled rocks glass and top with the ginger beer. Garnish with the lime wedge and apple slice. Cheers and Enjoy! * * * Snack of the Week: 
Ewephoria Sheep's Milk Gouda This sweet, nutty gouda is a winner! Sweeter than your typical cheddar with lots of flavor, crumbly yet creamy with a little bite from the calcium crystals developed during the aging process. The crunchy stuff makes a blissful snack with drinks like Sherry or Porter and is delicious melted on pies or dessert breads.
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