Bourgogne Aligoté 2022
£31.00
Bourgogne Aligoté 2022
£31.00
Region: Burgundy | France
Grape: Aligoté
Farming: Organic | Biodynamic
Method: Natural
Alc: 12%
How it tastes: Nice tension with ripe apples finished with a gentle acidity.
About the maker: Born and bred in Marsannay, although not from a winemaking family, Sylvain had to start from scratch to get a domaine of his own. From a young age he knew he wanted to be a vigneron, inspired by his grandfather and father while helping vinify a few barrels. He went to the wine school in Beaune at age 14 and then to the wine university in Bordeaux in order to become an oenologist.
He started off in 1999 with just 1ha of vines, which leaped to 9ha in 2002 including Clos du Roy and La Charme Aux Prêtres. As the years have passed, he has gathered an enviable number of some of the finest terroirs of Marsannay, where a layer of limestone is never far from the surface – they have been tended biodynamically since 2015.