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Wine Description
The Story
The vineyards are managed biologically, and yields are strictly controlled through pruning, devigorating training techniques, and green harvesting. Harvesting is by hand, allowing immediate rejection of any unhealthy grapes.
The Aligoté is given a couple of hours maceration on the skins, before gentle pressing using a pneumatic press. Fermentations take place in both tank (66%) and large oak foudres (33%), with temperatures kept to a maximu...
Wine Information
Aubert de Villaine needs no introduction, and he is doing his best to ensure that the little village of Bouzeron becomes similarly well-known. The owner of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti tends his family vines here with loving care, and works tirelessly to promote the village in general, and its unique Aligotés in particular. Indeed, his efforts have been instrumental in the successful campaign for an individual appellation, A.C. Bouzeron, recent...
Vintage 2014
The 2014 vintage in Burgundy was a very complicated one, although less so than those in 2013, 2012 and 2011, which featured dramatic crop shortages due to shatter, bad fruit sets and hailstorms.
In 2014, there were two problems which resulted in crop loss: hail in the Côte de Beaune, especially inMeursault; and poor flowering in some of the hillside vineyards of Puligny and Meursault.
The winter temperatures were above average with only ...