2017 Comte Armand Bourgogne-Aligoté

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/24/2023 - WildeMeeuw Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Kleur: Medium strogeel. Aroma / bouquet: Fris aroma, mineralig, citrus, een klein vleugje venkel, gebrande amandelen. Smaak / Afdronk: Frisse, mineralige start met een (rokerige) hint van vuursteen, verse ananas, filmend mondgevoel. Algemeen / potentieel: Prachtige Aligoté! 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Smaak / Afdronk: 17 + Algemeen / potentieel: 8 = 91/100
  
  Colour: Medium straw yellow. Aroma / bouquet: Fresh aroma, mineral, citrus, a small hint of fennel, roasted almonds. Taste / Aftertaste: Fresh, mineral start with a (smoky) hint of flint, fresh pineapple, filmy mouthfeel. General / potential: Beautiful Aligoté! 50 + Color: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 11 + Taste / Aftertaste: 17 + General / potential: 8 = 91/100

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  5/17/2022 - ME_DOC Likes this wine: 92 Points

  High end quality cork.
  Very high quality aligote that punches way above its reputaion and price level. Nice fruit characters with lemon, melon and mango accompanied by this typical burgundy minerality, a touch of oak and the acidity of the aligote grape. Some sea salt as well. Perfect to drink now or in the next 1-2 years, preferably with seafood of any kind.

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  7/22/2021 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  The wine is a blend of Aligoté Doré from a parcel planted in 1932 in Meursault (95%) and Aligoté Vert from a parcel planted in 2005 in Volnay (5%), both farmed biodynamically. Aged for 12 months on the lees in old 500-600-liter demi-muids. Total production 3000 bottles. 12,5% alcohol.
  
  Youthful, pale yellow-green color. Slightly smoky nose with an overall character that feels both slightly flinty and subtly toasty. Aromas of ripe, sweet-toned golden apple, some stony mineral notes, a little bit of reductive smoke, light oaky notes of cooked cream, a more exotic hint of mango and a touch of toasty wood spice. The wine is bright, focused and quite crisp on the palate with a medium body and intense flavors of tart green apples and lemony citrus fruits, some sweeter cantaloupe character, a little bit of creamy oak with a slightly buttery edge, a light smoky notes of flint or struck match, a hint of apple peel bitterness and a touch of tangy salinity. The brisk acidity lends great freshness and sense of precision to the wine. The finish is crisp and racy with focused flavors of tart green apples and sharp lemony citrus fruits, some tangy salinity, a little bit of creamy oak, light toasty wood notes, a hint of fresh tropical fruits and a touch of apple peel bitterness.
  
  A crisp, racy and focused Aligoté with some oak influence that lends a somewhat Burgundian feel to the wine. I remember some people in the tasting commenting how they felt the wine was too oaky, but even though the wine showed more oak influence than most of the 14 Aligotés we tasted, I didn't find the wine excessively oaky - conversely, I found the oak use quite judicious here. Overall the wine seemed to be a very serious effort, not your typical little weekday white as Aligoté too often is, but instead meant to be a real world-class wine with depth, structure and intensity. And you know what, I think they succeeded in that. This is not a tart, thin and uninteresting Aligoté suitable on for Kir; this is a nuanced and still very high-strung white Burgundy that is only starting to drink well now. Most likely this will continue to improve for many more years. Excellent stuff, great value at 20€.

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  11/5/2020 - lozatron Likes this wine:

  Thursday evening dinner and bake off (Front room): Pale colour. On the nose -a little citrus, with a mildly ecclesiastical whiff. I was expecting a very bracing acidity but it was decently balanced - if not terribly complex. Not exactly what I was hoping for, but a jolly nice drop.

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  7/5/2019 - Nanda wrote:

  Barrel tasting at Comte Armand (Pommard): Nose full of melons. Palate is transparent with melon and citrus zest. Charming and easy drinking.

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