Allen Meadows of Burghound reports: "Laurent Lignier was proud to tell me that the domaine now has fully 5 ha being cultivated using biodynamic farming principles. He further explained that the '2021 growing season had an unusually early start that came to an abrupt half with the April frost that crushed yields even though they were ultimately disparate...June and July were quite wet and just warm enough that we had a ferocious attack of mildew that was tough to beat back. Add in some oidium pressure and it would be fair to describe the season as 'rock and roll'! The grape skins were relatively thin, so we tried to extract more than usual without damaging the seeds as we wanted to avoid inadvertently obtaining seed tannins at all costs. I also typically use some proportion of whole clusters for the vinifications, but I decided to use none in 2021. As to the wines, they are lighter with good finesse but no shortage of volume and excellent persistence along with some of the best terroir transparency we've seen since perhaps 2014. The wines should be accessible young, but they have the balance to age well too.' Lignier noted that there is no Chabiots in 2021. I would note that the domaine has been on a roll over the last few vintages and it has again fashioned some lovely wines in 2021." (01/2023)