22/23 Alice and Olivier de Moor Bourgogne Aligote

About The WIne

75% of the cuvèe is from 2023 and 25% 2022.

The 2022 was a quite a good year with frosts under control and quite good weather during the harvest. Aligoté is the second white grape of Burgundy and wine made from this grape is popular locally but not seen much outside of France. In the right hands it can be a wonderful wine and this one certainly is.

The de Moor Bourgogne Aligoté is grown in Chitry which is quite close to their winery in Courgis. It is also carrying the appellation Bourgogne Aligoté which can be used for Aligoté grapes grown anywhere in Burgundy.

In 2022, they picked the grapes and then direct pressed them and transferred the juice to 50% old oak barrels and the rest to tanks made of fibreglass which are very popular in France. The juice fermented on natural yeasts and then matured in these vessels for about twelve months.

If you haven’t tried Aligoté before then this is a must. It is a delicious, clean wine with good acidity and great minerality. The aromas literally leap out of the glass! With this wine you can understand why Burgundy winemakers drink this wine with their lunch.

About Alice and Oliver de Moor

Alice and Olivier de Moor craft extraordinary, cult-status natural wines from coveted small plots in Chablis, Chitry, and the rare Saint-Bris appellation that are highly sought-after in Paris and New York, with justy tiny amounts making it to Australia.

These legendary vignerons have spent over thirty years mastering their craft near the village of Courgis, where brutal cold and ancient Kimmeridgean limestone soils produce minuscule yields of exceptional fruit.

Every grape is meticulously hand-selected, fermented with wild yeasts, and aged in precious old foudre and oak barrels to create wines of stunning purity and complexity, with Olivier's own artistic labels completing these masterpieces that represent the pinnacle of natural winemaking.

Snapshot

Region: Burgundy

Country: France

Alcohol: 12%

Vintage: NV (2023 & 2022)

Size: 750ml

Closure: Wax sealed cork

Variety: Aligote

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