152 Bourgogne Aligoté AC 2008
Jean-Philippe Fichet

Grape:100% Aligoté (12.5% alc.)

Aged in cuve for one year this is a balanced, zippy wine, with finely tuned fruit and good minerality. For drinking now to 2012.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Jean-Philippe Fichet
Location:	Nantoux in the Hautes-Côtes for Aligoté
Size of domaine:	7 hectares after 2005 harvest. Produces 4,000 bottles of Aligoté
Grape:	Aligoté, 40 yrs old
Terroir:	Hillside vineyards in Nantoux, limestone-clay soil. South-east aspect.
Viticulture:	Vineyard is allowed to grow grass to help limit the yield and prevent erosion. Debud and carry out vendanges en vert if necessary. Uses fungicide against oidium. Hand-harvest 100%.
Vinification:	Pneumatic press. Vinified and aged in stainless steel tank. Uses natural, indigenous yeasts. Malolactics completed. Elevage on fine lies for 10 months. Racked once at the end. Fined and lightly filtered by kiesleghur (only if absolutely necessary). Use their own bottling equipment.
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qty (bottles)

exc vat: £9.25