Wines made from Aligoté grapes of Crémant de Bourgogne
Discover the best wines made with Aligoté as a single variety or as a blend of Crémant de Bourgogne.
More informations about the variety Aligoté
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
More informations about the region of Burgundy
Recognized in 1975, the appellation crémant-de-bourgogne replaced the Sparkling wines whose quality was not very homogeneous. Its geographical area, very vast, covers more than 300 communes, of Châtillonnais, with the borders of Champagne auboise, with Beaujolais included. The AOC imposes conditions of harvest and elaboration as strict as those of the Champagne region and copied on this one, the difference residing in the duration of Maturation on lees, which is of nine months minimum, against twelve for the champagne. The Grape varieties used also bring Crémant-de-Bourgogne closer to its illustrious Champagne model, for although all the varieties of the region can be used, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are favoured.
What are the typical flavors of the Aligoté grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 38% of Aligoté
- MicrobioPresent in 31% of Aligoté
- Citrus fruitPresent in 30% of Aligoté
- Non oakPresent in 26% of Aligoté
- OakPresent in 24% of Aligoté
- ApplesPresent in 22% of Aligoté
- CitrusPresent in 21% of Aligoté
- EarthPresent in 19% of Aligoté
- Green applePresent in 17% of Aligoté
- CreamPresent in 17% of Aligoté
- LemonPresent in 17% of Aligoté
- ToastyPresent in 15% of Aligoté
- PeachPresent in 15% of Aligoté
- BriochePresent in 13% of Aligoté
- YeastPresent in 13% of Aligoté
- PearPresent in 13% of Aligoté
- VegetalPresent in 12% of Aligoté
- MineralityPresent in 12% of Aligoté
- Red fruitPresent in 11% of Aligoté
- GrapefruitPresent in 9% of Aligoté
News about the grape variety Aligoté
Burgundy’s Charles Lachaux signs deal with Crurated club
The deal will see small-production wines of the Charles Lachaux négoce business offered exclusively to Crurated members, the new partners announced. Bottles will still be distributed separately to restaurants in several markets, they added. Lachaux is considered an exciting talent in a younger generation of Burgundy winemakers. Alongside overseeing viticultural changes at his family’s Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in recent years, he launched his namesake micro-négoce business in 2018. From 25 July, th ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘Pinotism is a cult within the wine world. Why?’
The voice drops a little; the tone grows more reverential. Everyone knows; everyone understands. There will be wry allusions to a quest, perhaps even the grail. Sacrifice is expected en route; failure (always forgiven: a badge of honour) beckons on every side. Kitted up, your hopes armour-plated? I might be talking about planting vines on a cleared slope, or simply about taking the corkscrew to a ridiculously expensive bottle of wine, but you all know by now what’s meant. Pinot Noir. ‘Pinotism’ ...
Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away
Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast. Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...