A first Aligoté review which means I’m finally catching up with trends in Burgundy. Apart from the de Villaine Bouzeron version, there wasn’t much sold as a stand alone quality bottle when I first got bitten by the Burgundy bug. Never really a fan of kir. As it’s become popular, perhaps due to extra ripening as the climate warms and lunatic prices for even basic Bourgogne Blanc, there’s been lots of comment about the clones of Aligoté. There’s two it seems, vert and doré, with the latter the more favourable for an interesting drink. Think this is doré as it tastes fairly golden in a way. Lots of rich yellow fruit, sort of plum, specifically maybe greengage, straw, sweet green herby touches and a satisfying almond meal thing. Both in smell and flavour. Oddly reminds me of some Mediterranean grapes like Grillo or Palomino which is good for me. The lovely acidity and phenolic pith is much more Burgundian in terms of a delicious glide and substantial texture. The sheer volume of flavour is impressive, albeit not as complicated or wide as Burgundian Chardonnay but there’s heaps of solid clean fun. The almond paste flavour is compelling. Not sure it warrants its recommended retail price of close to a hundred Australian dollars but that’s Burgundy and our stupid tax system.
12% alcohol I think, the weird coloured label is a bit easily scuffed. Cork. Part of some beautifully chosen bottles swapped for the yearly Wendouree share.
93 points.
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