Domaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote Auvonnes au Pepe 2022 NO20230712 This is the half-bottle

This is the half-bottle

This timeless Madeira blend of Tinta Negra and traditional grape varieties achieves its character through estufagem aging

but with shorter aging and a more immediate

The name does double duty: pie franco means ungrafted

Modest in alcohol

Domaine Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligote Auvonnes au Pepe 2022 NO20230712 This is the half-bottleTwenty five cases a year, from a tenth of a hectare of vines planted in the 1930s that once belonged to Sylvain Pataille's grandfather hence "au Pp." Pataille has built his reputation arguing that Aligot deserves everything a grower would give Chardonnay, and he works exclusively with Aligot Dor, the golden skinned, low yielding old strain, rather than the productive Vert. The parcel faces east at 250 meters on clay marl studded with small limestone