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The 2023 Aligoté: “Almost too enjoyable.” [Jasper Morris]
Goisot

Aligoté’s fortunes have improved markedly since we began shipping this great-value Burgundy fifteen years ago. Yet here is a Burgundian Domaine where, unlike the Côte d’Or, Aligoté never fell out of fashion; even after phylloxera devastated the region, Guilhem Goisot’s ancestors replanted the variety on high, cool north-facing slopes located above the pretty Yonne town of Saint-Bris-le-Vineux. 


Guilhem Goisot has crafted flat-out brilliant 2023s. Goisot’s old vines, fossil-laden soils and this family’s tireless, biodynamic farming gift the kind of silky density and chalky drive that might be mistaken for a fine St-Aubin village. Just don’t serve the wine too cold. Drink it as you would a Chablis. At 15-plus degrees it has a pure, floral and chalky nose that leads to a wonderfully springy, sculpted texture flecked with lemon rind, Nashi pear, briny freshness and a tangy, chiseled close. Here’s proof that great-value Burgundy is not a thing of the past. 

The Wines

Domaine Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté 2023

Domaine Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté 2023

Biodynamic. Goisot’s old-vine Aligoté is drawn from parcels of mature vines planted on the high, cool slopes of Saint-Bris. Aligoté is notorious for requiring old vines and suitable soils to produce wines of high quality and Goisot’s holdings nail the brief. The core vineyards include a parcel of 90-year-old Aligoté Doré planted on the high slopes of an old Chardonnay terroir northwest of Saint-Bris. This soil, known as Barrémien, is made up of ancient, dense clay littered with blue-grey fossilised oyster shells, several inches long. Then there is a grouping of 45-year-old vines in the lieux-dits of Croix Rougeot, Côte de Coutance and Côte de la Canne, near Goisot’s Exogyra Virgula vineyard.

Goisot’s biodynamic management and commitment to harvesting ripe, yellow fruit results in a far more textured and pulpy wine than you might typically associate with this variety. Fermented with native yeasts and raised entirely in tank, it is simply a benchmark example of Aligoté, and a wonderful-value white Burgundy.


“Hmm – that’s really perfumed – there’s depth to this expressively perfumed nose. Energy, melting with juicy flavour – and plenty of flavour too. The base is mineral but the intensity is that of citrus – subtly strict finishing. A great aligoté !!”
Bill Nanson, Burgundy Report
“Quite a complex saline nose, lemon scented plums and just when it seems almost too enjoyable it settles down behind with a delicious limestone mineral finish. Very persistent.”
89 points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Domaine Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté 2023

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