Charles Lachaux Bourgogne Aligote Les Champs d'Argent 2020
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Cropped at a mere 25 hectoliters per hectare, Lachaux's 2020 Bourgogne Aligoté Les Champs d’Argent is his finest rendition of this cuvée to date. Mingling notes of crisp orchard fruit and citrus zest with hints of almond, hazelnuts and white flowers, it's medium to full-bodied, concentrated and multidimensional, with racy acids and an abundance of chalky dry extract, concluding with a long, penetrating finish.
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A native but unique white grape to Burgundy, Aligoté is a light bodied white that often ends up unfairly lost in Chardonnay’s shadow. In Côte Chalonnaise, in a quaint village named Bouzeron, just south of the Côte de Beaune, Aligoté has its very own appellation where yields are limited in order to enhance flavors, acidity and overall quality. Somm Secret—Curiously, the famous producer, Domaine Ponsot, bottles a 100% Aligoté from its Premier Cru in Morey-Ste-Denis, Les Monts Luisants, made from Aligoté vines planted in 1911.
The origin of perhaps the world’s very finest Pinot Noir, Côte de Nuits is the northern half of the Côte d'Or and includes the famous wine villages of Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Vosne-Romanée, Flagey-Echezeaux and Nuits-St-Georges.
Fine whites from Chardonnay are certainly found in the Côte de Nuits, but with much less frequency than top-performing reds made of Pinot noir. The little village of Nuits-St-Georges in its southern end gave the region its name: Côte de Nuits. The city of Dijon marks its northern border.