Aromas of sweet plums, spices, licorice and forest floor introduce the 2021 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées, a medium to full-bodied, ample and fleshy wine built around lively acids and supple, powdery tannins.

Another high point of the range is the 2020 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées, a medium to full-bodied, layered and velvety wine evocative of dark berries, licorice, sweet soil tones and potpourri. Vibrant and intense, it's a serious cuvée, built to age.

Another of Lignier's more serious communal bottlings is the 2019 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées, a medium to full-bodied, concentrated and youthfully tightly wound wine that's evocative of plums, cassis, rich soil and dark chocolate. This will reward some bottle age.

Lignier's 2018 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées is showing nicely in bottle, unwinding in the glass with aromas of plums, cassis, sweet soil tones, licorice, dark chocolate and spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and muscular, it's concentrated and tightly wound, with a chassis of rich, powdery tannins and a lively spine of acidity. This will require patience.

The 2017 Gevrey-Chambertin Les Seuvrées is showing very well, unfurling in the glass with suggestions of cassis, raspberries, sweet soil tones and spices. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and nicely concentrated, with good depth at the core and fine-grained but firm, even chalky, structuring tannins. This should evolve well in bottle.