2020 Domaine Chanterêves Bourgogne-Aligoté Les Monts de Fussey

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.4 points

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  8/22/2023 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  100% biodynamically farmed Aligoté from a 45-yo vineyard in the commune of Fussey. Fermented spontaneously, aged for 12 months in old 228-liter oak pièces and larger-format casks, then blended into stainless steel tanks with the fine lees. Bottled unfined, unfiltered and with minimal to no SO2 additions. 13% alcohol.
  
  Pale and very slightly hazy lime-green color. The nose feels sweetish, somewhat wild and quite fascinating with aromas of ripe nectarine and funky waxy tones, some freshly pressed apple juice, light zesty notes of citrus fruit, a little bit of creamy oak along with a subtly reductive suggestion of smoke, a faint volatile hint of nail polish, a touch of honeyed richness and a whiff of banana marshmallow. The wine feels ripe yet surprisingly crisp, brisk and intense on the palate with a light-to-medium body and very focused flavors of freshly pressed apple juice and juicy nectarine, some saline mineral tones, a little bit of creamy oak and some buttery richness, light honeyed character, sauvage hints of waxy funk and nail polish VA and a touch of stony minerality. The bracing acidity lends a lot of structure and electric energy to the wine. The finish is brisk, dry and somewhat wild with a long, nuanced aftertaste of sharp lemony citrus fruits and tangy salinity, some leesy tones, a little bit of creamy oak, light honeyed nuances, a hint of ripe nectarine and a lifted touch of sweet nail polish VA.
  
  A ripe and somewhat wild yet remarkably brisk, zippy and not at all natty Aligoté with an almost electric spine of brisk acidity. The wine shows lots of nuance, depth and intensity - all which are characteristics people typically don't associate with Aligoté. This is a very serious and impressive effort, really driving the point home how Chanterêves is one of the makers of single-vineyard Aligoté today. As the wine is quite wild and sauvage, it's somewhat hard to assess whether the wine will benefit from aging and improve with age, but it is pretty darn terrific right now. Superb, characterful stuff.

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  2/6/2023 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 92 Points

  le nez est sur la pomme jaune avec un air salin, la bouche est hyper vive, une acidité tranchante avec un fruit mure et texturé qui nous tapisse le palais. Un aligoté de course, sérieux avec beaucoup de matière et de potentiel. Ce vin fera une longue garde en cave, bien hate de voir la résultat dans 5 voir 10 ans !
  Un producteur qui redonne tranquille ses notes de noblesses à l'aligoté.

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  1/20/2023 - Vas19 wrote: 91 Points

  A really well done bottle of aligote. Has character and complexity from what is likely not that exciting a piece of terroir. Opens more on day 2.

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  12/27/2022 - Lehto Likes this wine: 91 Points

  So far this is the best Aligoté I've had. Wow is Chanterêves showing an insane level for their Aligotés, and as they have 5 different ones and this isn't even the "top one", it's very, very promising...
  
  Nose was nice and expressive with lemon, pickled lemon, lemon curd, white flowers, green apple and grass.
  
  The palate was the true star. Extremely fresh with an intense acidity from green apple, lemon, pickled lemon and lemon zest, but there's this density to the wine with lemon curd, yellow apple, white flowers and just a slight hint of oak. It's weighty and dense in the mouth but the sharp acidity and completely extreme minerality really carries the wine to new heights. Wow!

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