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Bourgogne Aligoté |
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Appelation: Bourgogne Aligoté AOC |
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Grape Variety: 100% Aligoté |
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Surface and Age of Vines: 1.52 hectare of vines between 15 and 17 years of age |
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Harvest: Hand-picked grapes |
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Wine-growing: After going through the sorting-table, the grapes go to a traditional press; then the juice ferments in a vat. |
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Maturing: In oak barrels to keep fruit flavours. After 9 to 10 months, the wine is bottled up in the estate. |
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Laying down: This white wine should be drunk young, about two years old, to retain its specific character - lithe and cool. |
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Wine and food pairing: Perfect as an aperitif with blackcurrant liquor as Kir, or else peach, raspberry or blackberry liquor. Also on its own with all first courses: delicatessen, snails, sea-food. |
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Service Temperature: 10° to 12° C. |
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Wine Description: pale yellow, with a very fruity nose and the powerful mouthfeell that gives it its own character. |
