Comments on: Say yay for Aligoté! WBW 39 http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/ wine talk that goes down easy Mon, 20 May 2013 22:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: David McDuff http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-38262 David McDuff Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:45:42 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-38262 Patrice Rion’s Aligote is occasionally available at one or the other of Moore Brothers’ locations but appears to be out of stock at all three. It’s made in pretty minute quantities.

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-38088 Dr. Vino Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:27:26 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-38088 David –

I’ve enjoyed Rion reds in the past and will look out for this Aligote. Moore Bros?

Wicker Parker –
Nice to remember that quote!

]]> By: Wicker Parker http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-36953 Wicker Parker Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:35:02 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-36953 This sure sounds like a winner to me. I love Kermit Lynch’s story when he told Aubert de Villaine that “with his Aligote I would have the ingredients for a fine Kir… His expression turned as sour as a bad Aligote. It would be unfortunate, he informed me politely through clenched teeth, to obscure the quality of his Aligote by pouring creme de cassis into it. Oops.”

]]> By: David McDuff http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35763 David McDuff Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:24:45 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35763 Howdy Tyler,
I’m not holding my breath in anticipation of Aligoté becoming trendy but there are some damn good examples floating around out there. I had the opportunity to write-up one from Domaine Michèle & Patrice Rion not long ago as part of my series on Exploring Burgundy.

http://mcduffwine.blogspot.com/2007/09/exploring-burgundy-bourgogne-aligot.html

]]> By: Dr. Vino http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35391 Dr. Vino Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:05:26 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35391 Hey Neil –
Yes it was tannic and tight but I found opened up with some air. I’ll check the list of wines in your roundup and see if I could taste it alongside some others for the regional comparison.

Joe- Yay, more Aligote! Is it the new, trendy white grape?!?

]]> By: Joe http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35379 Joe Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:37:38 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-35379 de Villaine’s estate in Bouzeron is making some great Aligote (and Chardonnay), if you’re looking for a “Silver”…Nice to hear the class flipping over it – I served a Bouzeron recently, not knowing it was Aligote, and everyone loved it. Cheers!

]]> By: Brooklynguy http://www.drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-34666 Brooklynguy Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:52:21 +0000 http://drvino.com/2007/11/15/say-yay-for-aligote-wbw-39/#comment-34666 Hey Tyler – thanks for participating. Regardless of where it’s from, sounds like a great bottle for $17. People in a class flipping over it, when there are many other wines to taste too is a good indication of quality, to me. You know, I had the same red Mercurey you wrote about and I found it to be so tight and tannic that i just couldn’t figure out anything else about the wine. Maybe i had a bad bottle. Did you think yours would age or was it drinking perfectly at that moment? thanks again – neil

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