TASTING NOTES: Aligoté, related to world-famous Chardonnay, is the other white grape of Burgundy, and is undoubtedly capable of delivering delightful wines. With scant vineyard plantings in California this wine is at once a novelty and a rare treat. Concentrated canary gold in color leading to rich aromas of yellow apples, dehydrated pears, honeycomb with faint gardenias framed by mineral notes. Refreshing texture with lush flavors of lemon curd and dried apricot married with clean acidity.
Edaphos Barbed Oak Vineyard Aligoté
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Specifications
| Winery | Ernest Vineyards / Edaphos |
|---|---|
| Varieties | Aligoté |
| Farming Practices | low impact |
| Soils | Goulding-Spreckels (well-draining loam with gravel and volcanic elements) |
| Exposure | 13.9% south facing slope |
| Harvest Technique | by hand |
| Yeast | ambient |
| Fermentation | crushed into press / pressed to concrete amphora (egg) then racked to barrel for malolactic |
|---|---|
| Malolactic | full |
| Maturation | 17 months in neutral French oak on lees |
| Sulfur | 20ppm total SO2 at the time of bottling |
| Filter | no |
| Fining | no |
| Alcohol | 10.75% |
| Item No | T03121 |
| Size | 750 |
| Bottle Case | 12 |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Sub-region | Mendocino |
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