2018 Bourgogne Aligote
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Ente's 2018 Bourgogne Aligoté, the swan song for this cuvée, is showing beautifully from bottle, mingling aromas of citrus zest and white flowers with hints of fresh bread and yeast extract. Medium-bodied, bright and charming, with lively acids and an open, giving profile, it's deceptively charming out of the gates, but I suspect it will put on depth with a bit of bottle age.
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Julia Harding MW, jancisrobinson.com
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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Planted in 1938. Fermented in demi-muids and cuve. Lots of hydric stress – so much so that they did not pick the fruit from the younger vines, which did not ripen properly. Tank sample. Ripe but steely, with minerally spice and herbs. Intense and yet very high acid. Powerful, dry and still full in the mouth. Fabulous length. Chewy and dense but a on a high wire. (JH)