92-94 David Schildknecht - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"The 2005 Morey-St.-Denis 1er Cru Vieilles Vignes - as usual for this bottling - originates in a half hectare strip of 70-year-old vines in the tiny Faconnieres vineyard, and lapping over into Les Chenevery. Aromas and flavors of tart cherry, dried cranberry, citrus rind, brown spices, aromatic woods and resin are underlain by rich meat-stock and saline, chalky mineral characteristics. Fine, mouth-coating tannins and superb finishing concentration of red fruits, brown spices and resins complete the picture of this bright, invigorating, yet rich wine. Lignier points out that as a group his 2005s are relatively low in acidity, but when the character of the fruit is this lively and invigorating how important are grams per liter? Plan on revisiting this in 5-7 years but anticipating 15-20 years of faithful service."