In the glass
Aroma: citrus, herb, white flower, mineral
Palate: lemon, green apple, chalk, saline
A unique premier cru white from old Aligote vines, taut and saline with citrus, herbs and stony depth.
What it pairs with
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Quenelle de brochet sauce Nantua
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The dumpling's creamy crayfish sauce meets a taut white Burgundy that cuts the richness and lifts the shellfish. -
Cervelle de canut
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The herbed fromage blanc sharpens a mineral Chardonnay's citrus and keeps the finish clean. -
Chablis oysters
The wine's saline, oyster-shell minerality is the textbook match for raw oysters on ice.
History
One of the rare premier cru whites made from Aligote, from old vines in the Monts Luisants.
- 1911 — Aligote planted in the Monts Luisants parcel
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine Ponsot
- Grapes
- Aligote (100%)
- Classification
- Premier Cru (Morey-Saint-Denis, AOC)
- Oak
- Aged in older oak and vat
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 150 to 350 at retail
- Drinking window
- 5-20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1911