Description

An exceptional vintage for this Bourgogne Aligoté from Domaine de Montmain, aged for a year in Burgundian oak barrels! … The grapes reached an exceptional level of ripeness, perfectly balanced by a lively, mouth-watering acidity. The bouquet delights with its distinct notes of apple, lemon and acacia. Its salty, iodine-tinged minerality makes it the ideal companion for aperitifs, seafood, snails and other dishes such as parsley ham.

In the vineyard, in the cellar

The vines at Domaine de Montmain are trained using the ‘high and wide’ method (3 metres apart). This method, developed in the 1970s, has allowed the vines to adapt perfectly to their climatic environment. This is an innovation in Burgundy; it facilitates natural pest control. It is a highly sustainable and ecological approach: no penetrating or systemic products, no clones in the vines, no exogenous yeasts during vinification and, above all, no filtration.

The harvest is carried out by hand, with the grapes selected and sorted both in the vineyard and in the winery. Vinification is carried out in the traditional manner, in open vats, at low temperatures for three to four weeks. The wines are then aged in oak barrels less than six years old, for a period ranging from 18 months for white wines to 30 months for red wines. They are fined with egg whites and are unfiltered.

What to eat with a Bourgogne Aligoté from Domaine de Montmain?

FOOD & WINE PAIRING

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• Aperitif. Seafood
• Snails
• Parsley ham.