"Here the nose is quite firmly reduced and unreadable. By contrast, there is good freshness and energy to the succulent and appealingly textured flavors that conclude in a lightly austere finale. This is really quite pretty if again a bit on the rustic side." Burghound
"One of the new plots, from the lieux-dits Jouères and Duresses, 0.32ha in total. Medium purple, notably reduced, takes a bit of an edge off, otherwise this is soft sweet raspberry and strawberry, all red fruit, no more than medium length. 13% alcohol." Jasper Morris
"The 2020 Monthélie Rouge offers up aromas of cherries, cassis and forest floor, followed by a medium to full-bodied, rich and somewhat figgy palate. While its acids remain lively, the wine's fruit flavors are decidedly sun-kissed, and Lignier confesses that his vineyard team deleafed the sun side by mistake instead of the shade side when they were working in this new and not yet entirely familiar parcel. Laurent Lignier began his harvest on August 27, reporting below-average yields and finished alcohols between 13% and 14%. Once again, the result is a fine vintage for both his domaine holdings and négociant sources—the latter, amounting to some 3.5 hectares of vines, now clearly distinguished in our reviews. As readers will know, winemaking is pretty classical at this address, with a short cold maceration, two to three weeks' maceration with one pigéage and one rémontage per day and maturation in barrels, some one-third of which are new—if possible, without racking—for fully 22 months in the domaine's cold cellars. The 2020s are more primary and tightly wound than Lignier's 2019s, but they're similar in terms of ultimate quality and are well worth seeking out." Wine Advocate
"The 2020 Monthélie Village comes from two parcels in Duresses and En Joueres amounting from one-third of a hectare. The nose was quite reduced that made it difficult to read. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy red berry fruit, a fine bead of acidity with quite a lilting finish. Give this two years in bottle." Vinous
