Rapet eagerly guides us through a tasting of his excellent wines, which begins with a barrel fermented Aligote 09 matured in 20% new French oak (pressed, no crushing). Tags: Burgundy News aligote grand cru corton M. Pernard-Verglesses based producer M. rapet pernard-verglesses tastvin

We the well-regarded Bourgogne Blanc first, a wine made with Aligote from 70 year old vines. “Welcome,&# says Jean-Baptiste, an energetic dark-haired man, ushering us inside his very modern tasting room of this newly built structure. It is aged in old oak barrels and quite refreshing. This wine has a delcious long finish.

Next is the Aligote 09, very refreshing, and then the 09 St. Jeanne-Marie De Champs is the owner of Domaines et Saveurs Collection and works with several Burgundian producers to bring their wines to the United States. The day begins at Domaine Langoureau in Saint Aubin, a white wine region with two small towns, Saint-Aubin and Gamay.

2007 Paul Pillot Bourgogne Aligot é , $14, Imported by Margate Wine and Spirits. 2007 Domaine Marcillet Bourgogne Aligote , $14, Savio Soares Selections. Honestly, who drinks Aligoté? It's so acidic and harsh and there isn't much of a reward. Anyway, Aligoté needs to be ripe, Peter said. It needs to be picked later than Chardonnay.

Bouzeron is famous mostly for their Bourgogne Aligote de Bouzeron, a fruity white wine with a clean finish. Today was a tasting of wines from the Cote Chalonnaise at the Tonnellerie de Mercurey. There are four key areas in the Cote Chalonnais. Most producers use goblet-pruning (not Guyot) to restrict the yields to 50-55 hl/ha.

Domaine Michel Lafarge 2007 Aligote Raisins Dores I am just crazy about the Lafarge wines these days and this Aligote is not the fierce, edgy monster but more gentle and sunny and chamomile, in stilletos. More Burgundy! The Martin Scott tasting was packed. These below got us smiling. Who said the 2007 Burgundies are underperformers?

Catherine & Dominique Derain Bourgogne Aligote 2007 Occhipinti Il Frappato 2007 Chateau de Roquefort Cotes du Provence Corail Rose 2008 Michel Guignier Morgon Bio-Vitis" '07 Lopez de Heredia Tondonia 1989, Blanco bottles 372 Commercial Street Boston, MA 02109 617-391-0021 Up in Boston? Bottles is a new store in the N.

Aubin, Burgundy) Love their PetNat (sparkling Aligote) and the 2006 Le Bon as well as the '06 Mercurey which was tar and marshmallow. Briefly noted picks. Domaine Derain (St. Didier Monchovet Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire (tart, berry gamay) and a kick-ass cremant. This one works Domaine Binner Everything from this Alsatian domaine is lovely.

Finally, we have a nice and light Bourgogne Aligote from Domaine Roulot * Virtually white gold in color, this is steely with just a hint of citrus and anise. I have two Italian and two French reds on the table tonight. The Belpoggio "Stupor Mundi" Rosso Piceno 2006 ** is a 12.5% Check him out. nice pizza wine, not much more. Cheers

pinot grigio 2% aligote 1.7% One hundred forty six cases of pure, hmm.what this is pure of I don't know. guess that's why they call it clones: 68% chardonnay (tend clones) 19.2% sauvignon blanc 5.6% merlot 3.5% Look, I liked it. But Channing Daughters seems to me they're still trying to figure out an angle on what will work from the East End.

Bouzeron is the appellation created to showcase the Aligot é grape. Wines made from Aligot é should be crisp and lean and fresh. can't imagine that the wine was supposed to be aged - it's Aligot é for goodness sake. But many people only write about the wines they like. He really should do that from time to time.

We had 2005 Domaine Roulot Bourgogne Aligote with the soup, and it was exactly as it should be - light, crisp, clean tasting, briny and citrusy acidity. Deetrane reminded us that Aligote is the wine traditionally used to make a Kir (an aperitif using white wine and a touch of creme de cassis). think I need to try more Champagne.

used a 2005 La Buxynoise Bourgogne Aligote , $13 that my pal Adam served at brunch with bagels and lox. Aligote is the other white wine grape in Burgundy, and is great for everyday drinking, especially with escargots or seafood. And the Aligote went great with dinner Home made stock is such a great thing to have in the kitchen.

Sure, it would have been E40, but that version included tasting only 5 wines, the entry-level Aligote and Bourgogne wines. Gourmet Magazine, usually quite reliable in my opinion, described La Table D'Olivier Leflaive as a great place for lunch, the tables filled with local vignerons. And tourist prices too. Lunch for one was E50! asked Msr.

David Lillie at Chamber Street Wines put us in touch with Jeanne Marie de Champs, an exporter who represents about 60 Burgundian grape growers. She got us tickets to the Hospices de Beaune auction, and she made appointments for us to visit a few of her growers, and we didn't discuss our tastes before she made the appointments.