Le Villages Bourgogne Aligote, 2024

Burgundy's other white grape, from fifty-year-old vines on one plot around the winemaker's own house. Sharp, green-apple fresh and properly dry.

Aligoté is Burgundy's other white grape, the one locals mixed with cassis for Kir. This one comes from a single plot of fifty-year-old vines in Chaux, in the hills above Nuits-Saint-Georges, right around Julien Cruchandeau's winery. It is crisp and lively, with green apple, a little spice and a floral finish. Only about 2,000 bottles are made each year.