Appellations
Régionale · Côte de Beaune
Bourgogne Aligoté
white · 1600
Burgundy's other white grape, region-wide, and the subject of a quiet revival.
Under the vines
Anywhere in the region; historically the ground chardonnay did not want.
In the glass
Sharp, saline and lean; from old vines on good ground it is a serious wine.
Why it sits here
Bouzeron is the only village appellation dedicated to it.
Commonly misread
That it exists to be mixed with cassis. That was a solution to bad aligoté, not a use for good aligoté.
Names worth knowing
Sylvain Pataille, d'Auvenay, Ponsot, de Villaine