2024 Gevrey-Chambertin Cuvée Bertin, Domaine Lignier-Michelot

• Style: Dry, medium-bodied village Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir from Burgundy, 13%, certified organic
• Taste: Red cherry, raspberry, fresh acidity, fine-grained tannin, savoury earth
• Food: Roast duck, coq au vin, game, mushroom dishes, beef stew, Brie
• Critic: 91 points, Jasper Morris (Inside Burgundy)
• Occasion: Date night, gifting, cellar worthy
• Serve: Short decant; lovely now, better with a few years’ rest

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Gevrey sits at the northern end of the Côte de Nuits, and its village wines tend to carry more spine than those further south. Cuvée Bertin 2024 shows exactly that: a firm frame around Pinot Noir fruit that stays bright and lifted. Red cherry and raspberry open the nose, fresh acidity carries the palate, and fine-grained tannin gives way to a savoury, earthy finish that signals proper Burgundy rather than a merely pretty one. At 13% it is dry, medium in weight and never heavy, qualities that earned it 91 points from Jasper Morris of Inside Burgundy. If you have been meaning to understand what this commune is about without stretching to premier cru money, this bottle is the place to start; once it has won you over, the rest of our Gevrey-Chambertin shelf is waiting for the comparison tasting.

The Winery — Domaine Lignier-Michelot

For two generations the Lignier family grew grapes and sold the resulting wine in bulk to négociants. That changed when Virgile Lignier joined his father in the early 1990s and argued for bottling under the family name. He took the reins at Domaine Lignier-Michelot in 2000, and across nearly twenty vintages has converted every vineyard to certified organic farming while building a reputation that now places the estate among the most respected in the Côte de Nuits; plenty of Burgundy watchers consider his wines the finest the village produces. The approach in the cellar is classic and restrained, with oak kept firmly in the background so the aromatics remain delicate, and each bottle is sealed under natural cork. Collectors who like to follow a single grower often start here, and our Burgundy selection lets you set his cuvées beside neighbouring domaines from the same hillside.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

This is a dinner wine first and foremost. Coq au vin, roast duck, a rich beef stew or anything built around mushrooms and truffle draws out the earthy side, while game birds and venison suit the tannin. Its moderate weight also means roasted salmon or a wedge of Brie or Camembert will not be overwhelmed. A short decant is all it needs for tonight, though patient buyers will be rewarded as the forest-floor notes deepen over the coming years, so it doubles as a date-night pour, a gift that reads as serious Burgundy and a sound cellar investment. Why buy now? Organically farmed, freshly released and scored 91 points from a domaine many rank top in Gevrey: village-level wine of this calibre rarely lingers on the shelf. Explore more from Domaine Lignier-Michelot, browse our Medium Bodied Red Wine range, or widen the search to our full list from France.