COMTE ARMAND - Bourgogne Aligoté 2020

This wine from the AOC Bourgogne Aligoté is a dry white Burgundy wine. This Aligoté is a blend of young vines located in the commune of Volnay and 90-year-old old vines from the village of Meursault. Aged for 12 months in 500-liter oak barrels. Only 3,000 bottles produced. This Aligoté offers a very special complexity with a highly open bouquet featuring notes of linden, white fruits, acacia honey, and a developing minerality. The palate shows superb energy, plenty of mineral tension, and a medium-bodied texture. And what a lingering finish!

WINE TASTING NOTES

• Nose: A highly open bouquet with notes of linden, white fruits, acacia honey, and developing minerality.
• On the palate: Superb energy, significant mineral tension, a medium-bodied texture, and great persistence.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

• Grape variety: 100% Aligoté.
• Age of the vines: 20 years on average (blend of young vines from Volnay and 90-year-old vines from Meursault).
• Viticulture: Organic.
• Vinification & Aging: Whole-cluster pressing using a pneumatic press, 24-hour settling, then racking. Fermentation with indigenous yeasts for 8 to 10 weeks in vats. 100% malolactic fermentation. Aged for 8 months in vats on the lees (and 12 months in 500-liter oak barrels). Racking and filtration before bottling.

SERVICE & STORAGE

• Serving temperature: 11°.
• Aging potential: Peak 2022-2025 (Drink before 2027).

FOOD & WINE PAIRINGS

• Recommended pairings: Pike quenelles with Nantua sauce