Winemaker Notes
Very ethereal, both citrus and floral, the Bouzeron 2023 offers notes of white fleshed fruits on the palate. The traditional acidity from the Aligoté grape is crisp, refreshing and lengthens the fruit sensation. The balance between the fruit of the wine in the first instance and the salty "minerality" on the finish, allows the Bouzeron to express the great quality and diversity of the terroir of their 17 plots of Aligoté Doré. The Bouzeron is a fresh, thirst-quenching wine, whose terroirs give to the Aligoté Doré grape, which benefits from warmer weather, a strength of expression rarely reached in the past.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2023 Bouzeron has a vivacious nose that boldly declares, "I am Aligoté!" The palate is well balanced with a keen line of acidity and beautiful weight in the mouth, featuring hints of lemon curd, white peach and Anjou pear toward the poised finish. You'll find few Bouzerons better than this.
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Jasper Morris
Pale lemon and lime. Backward, showing density, some opulence, but not too much, with crystalline clarity behind. Extra tension, and very long indeed. Different layers of fruit wash over the back of the palate.
A native but unique white grape to Burgundy, Aligoté is a light bodied white that often ends up unfairly lost in Chardonnay’s shadow. In Côte Chalonnaise, in a quaint village named Bouzeron, just south of the Côte de Beaune, Aligoté has its very own appellation where yields are limited in order to enhance flavors, acidity and overall quality. Somm Secret—Curiously, the famous producer, Domaine Ponsot, bottles a 100% Aligoté from its Premier Cru in Morey-Ste-Denis, Les Monts Luisants, made from Aligoté vines planted in 1911.
In Côte Chalonnaise, just south of the Côte de Beaune, the white grape, Aligoté has its very own appellation in the quaint village of Bouzeron. While the grape can grow throughout Burgundy and claim the general Bourgogne Aligoté appellation name, since 1997 Bourgogne Aligoté de Bouzeron has been promoted to its own appellation, simply called Bouzeron.