Benoit Ente, Bourgogne Aligote

Benoit Ente, Bourgogne AligoteA ripe, spicy and appealingly fresh nose of mostly white fleshed fruit and citrus aromas gives way to racy, intense and utterly delicious middle weight flavors that possess cuts like a knife delineation before concluding in a chiseled, refreshing and agreeably dry finale. This is a lovely aligot.

but the best is yet to come

35% whole clusters)

the wine blows me away with an unusual combination of power and elegance

pure and relatively hightoned nose of elegant red currant

chiseled and built to age finish

fine-grained texture and lively backbone

The beautifully sleek

(from 50+ year old vines vinified with 40% stems)

ripe and earthy red pinot fruit that displays a touch of forest floor that slides into delicious

but will age with real interest

Layers of dark red fruit

always 100%