Bourgogne-Aligote

Sylvain owns a mere quarter-hectare of Aligoté, planted in 1997, in a vineyard called “Les Pierres”whose upper section is classified as Chassagne-Montrachet Villages. Round but tense, this spends 12 months in used 350-liter barrels, resting on its fine lees with no batonnage. Aligoté reaches a different textural register when given a proper élevage, and indeed Sylvain’s is of a piece with his remarkable Chassagne-Montrachet bottlings in that regard. Only 20 cases imported!