Winery Ernest VineyardsEdaphos Aligoté
White wine
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Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Winery Ernest Vineyards's Edaphos Aligoté.
Discover the grape variety: Aligoté
Lively, taut whites with chiselled acidity and an airy palate, with aromas of lemon, green apple, white flowers, fresh almond and chalky notes. Typically saline finish. Star of Bouzeron AOC (the only single-variety aligoté appellation) and Bourgogne Aligoté AOC. Also used in Crémant de Bourgogne and the iconic kir cocktail (with blackcurrant liqueur). Historic Burgundian variety, a cross of pinot noir × gouais blanc, half-sibling of chardonnay.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Edaphos Aligoté from Winery Ernest Vineyards are 0, 2016
Informations about the Winery Ernest Vineyards
The Winery Ernest Vineyards is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Bennett Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bennett Valley
Cool AVA south of Santa Rosa (2003, 650 acres) between Sonoma Mountain and Taylor Mountain: emblematic Merlot signature (42% of plantings) — concentrated reds with black cherry, plum and earthy notes, firm refined tannins. Chardonnay (30%), Pinot Noir and Syrah also remarkable. Syrah on rocky slopes deep and peppery. Crane Canyon lets in fog and winds from Petaluma Gap, volcanic clay soils.
The wine region of California
Powerful, sunny reds: dense Napa Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, chocolate, tobacco, ample tannins), spicy, jammy Zinfandel from the Sierra Foothills, silky red-fruited Pinot Noir on the cool coast (Sonoma, Russian River, Central Coast). Opulent, buttery Chardonnay, notes of yellow fruit and vanilla. Varied climate, from the hot interior to the Pacific-cooled coast. 80% of US production, 139 AVAs including Napa (1st AVA, 1981).
The word of the wine: Floral
Said of a wine whose aromas are reminiscent of flowers.
