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.

was at a dinner with Peter Wasserman a few weeks ago and he told me that Aligoté used to be 40-50% of Burgundy plantings, even in the 1er and Grand Cru plots. So, is there something happening here - are Burgundy producers making better Aligoté, or are these wines still best as Kir fodder? Honestly, who drinks Aligoté?

Bouzeron is famous mostly for their Bourgogne Aligote de Bouzeron, a fruity white wine with a clean finish. Jean Marie was in the marketing business when she got married and moved to Burgundy. Tags: Burgundy News cote chalonnaise jeane marie de champs le grand jours de bourgogne There are four key areas in the Cote Chalonnais.

More Burgundy! Who said the 2007 Burgundies are underperformers? 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. The Martin Scott tasting was packed. Full of charm.

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. Comptoirs de Magdala Amourvedre From young vines in Bandol.

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

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.

BrooklynLady and I hosted, and we settled on the theme of Burgundy, in honor of our recent trip. BrooklynLady and I prepared a 5 course dinner and everyone was asked to bring a mature red Burgundy. happen to have some cassis lying around the house and will investigate later today whether or not this Aligote does the job right.

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 Soups made with your own stock just taste better.

We went there for lunch on our last day in Burgundy and although we had a very nice time, on this occasion Gourmet got it wrong. Sure, it would have been E40, but that version included tasting only 5 wines, the entry-level Aligote and Bourgogne wines. wonderful meal with amazing wine for our last meal in Burgundy asked Msr.

For some reason, it didn't occur to me that our appointments might be with producers who focus on making white wine - BrooklynLady and I are Pinot lovers, and are basically ignorant about Burgundy whites. This was for both of us the most profound tasting experience with white Burgundy and Chardonnay in general up until this point.