Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER The difference matters: tahona-crushed agave

The difference matters: tahona-crushed agave retains more complex sugars and produces a richer

Disgorges all the bottles by hand

The Tiz Rye Time bottling has a rich mouthfeel and aromas of winter spice

followed by notes of warm spices and walnuts

NOLA Coffee Liqueur is delicious alongside breakfast

Lignier-Michelot Coteaux Bourguignons Rouge Cuvee 822 2022 CACOFFER The difference matters: tahona-crushed agaveThe name is not code for anything romantic: Virgile Lignier labels this wine for the tank it lives in (No. 8) and the vintage (2022). What's inside is 100% Pinot Noir from vines planted in 1991 on clay and limestone, on a parcel that sits just outside the Morey Saint Denis boundary. Same hands, same organic farming, same ambient yeast fermentation and mostly used oak as the wines that cost four times as much, all separated by a line on a map. It's