Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote 2023 Durand This is an exceptional Grand

This is an exceptional Grand Cru from the famed Musigny vineyard

creamy touch from the lactose addition

composed of black slate

held steady acidity through a warm

ripe vintage in the Cote de Nuits that rewarded careful picking to keep freshness

Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote 2023 Durand This is an exceptional GrandThe Land Aligote is Burgundy's other white grape, the one long dismissed as thin and sour, fit only for splashing into a Kir. Sylvain Pataille has done more than anyone to prove that reputation wrong. His Bourgogne Aligote comes from old vines around Marsannay at the northern end of the Cote de Nuits, split between two sites: Champ Forey, on limestone and gravel, and Auvonnes, on clay and marl studded with small stones. That same limestone and marl