COLLECTION REGIONAL APPELLATIONS
BOURGOGNE ALIGOTÉ
Aligotés are dry white wines with bright, zesty fruit. Bottled early to preserve their freshness and lively profile, they show a white-gold hue and aromas reminiscent of the grape itself.
With their crisp acidity and citrus-driven character, they make excellent apéritif wines or refreshing palate-openers.
- Total area under this appellation: Approximately 1250ha
- Area under production at the domaine: 25a 40ca
- Soil: Jurassic terrain with limestone gravel and pebbles on deep clay
- Location of the parcel: Vosne-Romanée
- Lieux-dits: “Les Champs D’argent”
- Altitude: 240 meters
- Grape varieties: 100% Aligoté
- Average age of vines: 39 years
- Harvesting: By hand exclusively, hand-sorted in the winery
- Destemming: No
- Maturing: 100% stainless steel tank
A PERSONAL REFLECTION
Terroir, ORIGIN,
and identity
Jean Merlet first described this grape variety in 1667 under the name Beaunié. It was initially referred to by several names depending on the place: in Beaune they called it Plant gris or griset blanc.
In the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits it was “Alligotay,” and from Gevrey up to Selongey, north of Dijon, it was “Blanc de Troyes.” Around 1890, the word “Aligoté” became popular, especially in the Côte d’Or and in the Yonne.
This semi-fine white grape variety is the basis for the AOC Bourgogne Aligoté. It has since acquired credentials of nobility in the little commune of Bouzeron, in the Saône-et-Loire area.
