- Aligoté is used to produce a varietal white wine, and is sometimes included in the blend of Burgundian sparkling wine known as Crémant de Bourgogne.
- Aligoté is Burgundy’s “other” white grape, more rarely encountered than Chardonnay; yielding light, citrusy wines.
- Aligote is a key grape variety in the Cremant de Bourgogne sparkling wines and can be used as an ingredient in the Kir cocktail alongside crème de cassis liqueur.
- But there is actually a third and lesser known-about grape in Burgundy called Aligoté that, in my opinion, blows Chardonnay out of the water.
- Must be among the best Aligoté I tasted. The Domaine Leroy Aligoté is separate from Leroy’s Collection label: it’s produced from avg.
- Because Burgundy’s star grapes, Chardonny and Pinot Noir, are such highly valued grapes, Aligoté (where grown at all) is almost always relegated to the...
- The Burgundy-Aligoté AOC is produced only in white wine with the Aligoté grape variety. It is located in the departments of Yonne, Côte d'Or and Saône-et-Loire.
- Aligote is most often used to produce dry and, less often, semi-dry white wines, as well as sparkling wines and cremants in France - Cremant de Bourgogne.
- Aligote typically produces monovarietal wines but can also be used in blends with different international grape varieties.
- However, one variety of wine you probably never heard of is Aligoté. Aligoté is probably the most underrated, overlooked, and forgotten about white wine.
