The Story
Aligoté is Burgundy's forgotten grape—the appellation's 'other' white, often dismissed as simple. Thierry Pillot treats it with the same low-intervention respect as his Chardonnays: 100% Aligoté, wild fermented in those signature large barrels that preserve its natural acidity without flabby oak. The result is crystalline and mineral, bright without being shrill. You get the grape's signature herbaceous edge plus surprising complexity from a third of bottle age in barrel. This is Aligoté taken seriously—proof that the grape's bad reputation is lazy winemaking, not its fault.
Description
Aligoté is Burgundy's forgotten grape—the appellation's 'other' white, often dismissed as simple. Thierry Pillot treats it with the same low-intervention respect as his Chardonnays: 100% Aligoté, wild fermented in those signature large barrels that preserve its natural acidity without flabby oak. The result is crystalline and mineral, bright without being shrill. You get the grape's signature herbaceous edge plus surprising complexity from a third of bottle age in barrel. This is Aligoté taken seriously—proof that the grape's bad reputation is lazy winemaking, not its fault.
