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The fruit from both sites was pressed together using a vertical press and raised in old oak (10% new) for nine months. The notes below say it all. A zeitgeist Aligoté, rich in aromas and flavours of lemon curd and talcum, yet pithy and vibrantly fresh. It has a lovely texture for the variety as well as terrific length and character. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Camille Thiriet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43844741202148,"sku":"21727-750","price":148.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/bcc154ec-d1c2-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21727-750.png?v=1678845962"},{"product_id":"domaine-guilhem-j-hugues-goisot-bourgogne-aligote-2021","title":"Domaine Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiodynamic. Goisot’s old-vine Aligoté is drawn from parcels of mature vines planted on the high, cool slopes of Saint-Bris. Aligoté is notorious for requiring old vines and suitable soils to produce wines of high quality and Goisot’s holdings nail the brief. The core vineyard is a parcel of 90-year-old Aligoté Dore planted on the high slopes of an old Chardonnay terroir northwest of Saint-Bris. This soil, known as barrémien, is made up of ancient, dense clay littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster shells, several inches long. Then there is a grouping of 45-year-old vines in the lieux-dits of Croix Rougeot, Côte de Coutance and Côte de la Canne, near the Exogyra Virgula vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoisot’s biodynamic management and commitment to harvesting ripe, yellow fruit results in a far more textured and pulpy wine than you might typically associate with this variety. That said, the cooler 2021 harvest has delivered a wine of vitality and tension, perhaps the raciest release since 2014. This wine is always fermented with native yeasts and raised entirely in tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Goisot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43897824772324,"sku":"21940-750","price":47.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/products\/a083e977-7fde-ed11-ab3d-024d026f405e_21940-750.png?v=1681902401"},{"product_id":"henri-germain-bourgogne-aligote-2020","title":"Domaine Henri Germain Bourgogne Aligoté 2020","description":"At last, we have a small allocation of this rare Aligoté. This is drawn from a single plot of vines planted in 1976, in a terroir known as Les Plançons in Meursault. The grapes were harvested in mid-September (late for 2020) and were then aged half in wood and half in tank for twelve months. It was then blended and rested for a further five months in tank prior to being bottled unfined and unfiltered. It’s a superb Aligoté; deep, yet juicy and vibrantly fresh. Don’t hesitate!","brand":"Domaine Henri Germain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43914982260964,"sku":"21903-750","price":68.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/b4ccf6aa-ebe7-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21903-750.png?v=1682939152"},{"product_id":"garagiste-tuerong-aligote-2021","title":"Garagiste Tuerong Aligoté 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWith just three plantings, Australia’s roll call for Aligoté makes for pretty short reading. There are small parcels in the Whitlands area and in the Margaret River (at Blind Corner), and then there’s the mother-vineyard on the Mornington Peninsula, which supplied the cuttings for the two above sites. This is cropped from a mere three rows of 30+-year-old vines rooted in the sandy grey loams of Tuerong. The grapes were hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed to a single, old puncheon for ferment, then ten months resting on its large, soft lees. It’s a lovely example and true to not only the variety but to Australia and Mornington Peninsula in particular. “There’s detail and fineness to this release, with elegance and spice”, says Flanders. Needless to say, 2021 was a knockout vintage and has gifted a highly characterful expression of his smallest batch wine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe third incarnation of this wine, and categorically the finest we have looked at. A delicate and detailed wine, possessing fine-boned, refreshing acidity and captivating phenolic tension. Alongside this impressive texture are citrus fruits, herbal and savoury tones and a refreshing bitter melon, grapefruit pith impression. 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It’s made in the same way as the Vincent Dancer whites, crafted using large-format barrel over winter before resting in vat before bottling. There was only one racking, and the wine was bottled with only the barest whiff of sulphur. As for the wine, it is delicious. Pulpy and generous, yet with a long, racy close. 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The key components are a parcel of 50-year-old vines in Meursault’s Les Belles Roses climat and a precious parcel of 85–105-year-old vines in Bouzeron. The vine material in both vineyards is of the high-quality, low-yielding Aligoté Doré cultivar. The 2022 fermented and matured in seasoned 12-hectolitre ovals and glass Wine Globes. Fans of this wine will be pleased to hear there’s a new Aligoté cuvée on the way from old vines in Chassagne. 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