Cool nights and warm days gave perfect ripening conditions
– Liam McElhinney
Cool nights and mild days gave perfect ripening conditions
powerful varietal characteristics
Established in 1859 by Louis Henri Denis Jadot
Lightfoot ‘Cliff Block’ Pinot Noir Gamay de Chaudenay Cool nights and warm daysThe palate is deep, savoury, and quietly powerful, opening with dark cherry, black raspberry, and plum skin carried by fresh, mediumplus acidity that keeps the wine lifted despite its depth. Tannins are fine, chalky, and confidently firm, showing the structure and gravitas of the Cliff Block site more serious, darker, and more architectural than Beaujangles. The midpalate reveals rose petal, earthy spice, dried herb, and a cool flintymineral thread,