Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote 2023 Durand composed of black slate

composed of black slate

Malolactic fermentation and four months of aging happen in large old oak vats

creamy touch from the lactose addition

held steady acidity through a warm

and juicy peach

Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote 2023 Durand composed of black slateThe Land Aligote is Burgundy's other white grape, the one long dismissed as thin and sour, fit only for splashing into a Kir. Sylvain Pataille has done more than anyone to prove that reputation wrong. His Bourgogne Aligote comes from old vines around Marsannay at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits, split between two sites: Champ Forey, on limestone and gravel, and Auvonnes, on clay and marl studded with small stones. That same limestone and marl