Description
Benjamin Leroux Bourgogne Aligoté 2021
The 2021 Bourgogne Aligoté has quite a pungent and well-defined bouquet that expresses the variety with style. The palate is well balanced with grapefruit a touch of quince and fine weight. It has a vibrant and lightly spiced finish. This is just an excellent Aligoté that is bright and vivacious.
100% Aligoté doré
Half of the vines are 80-100 years old; the other half around 30 years. The older vines are located in Bouzeron and the younger in Meursault. The grapes are directly pressed, settling before transfer to older oak barrels for indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months, fined and/or filtered if necessary.
Benjamin first made this wine in 2016, using exclusively old Aligoté Doré vines from Bouzeron. The following year he included Aligoté from a newly-acquired vineyard worked by the Leroux team.
Organic certified, with biodynamic methods used.
