The Aligoté of our dreams.

Our second release of Aligoté was hand picked early in the morning from our friends at Flâneur’s La Belle Promenade Vineyard. The fruit was pressed and settled overnight. From there it was divided into a neutral French oak barrel and our Italian amphorae. The wine fermented naturally and slowly, the oak barrel finishing in March, and the amphorae finishing in May. In August, we bottled the wine, unfined and unfiltered.

We kept the wine in stainless steel to marry for 5 months, after which we bottled the wine, unfiltered. The aromatics are boisterous, smelling like a handful of crushed oyster shells, tangerine skins, beeswax, apricot jam  and fresh cut honeydew melon. It reminds us of one of our favorite French traditions, Galette des Rois. On the palate, this wine gives the body of a Chardonnay, but the unmistakable zip only Aligoté can create. Lush tropical fruit give way to stone and saline. Structured to last in the cellar, but so delicious right now.  

Only 70 cases made.