Bourgogne Aligoté Blanc

The Pillots have cultivated vines in the Côte de Beaune village of Chassagne-Montrachet since 1625. A new and exciting chapter began when, in the 1990s, father-son team Fernand and Laurent Pillot extended their family’s vineyard holdings to also include a few incredible plots in neighboring Pommard and Volnay.Today, the Pillots cultivate 15 hilly hectares, covering 50 parcels (including 12 Premiers Crus). Since Fernand’s retirement, Laurent and his son Adrien are continuing the family’s legacy with a tireless focus on maintaining the utmost quality. Everything is harvested and sorted by hand and yields are kept painfully low. Every plot is worked under strict “agrobiologie” principles, and the estate has been proudly HVE-3 certified since 2021 - no easy feat. The family have also been members of the environmental research group DEPHY-EcoPhyto since 2012.

Aligoté is grown in a 1.21-acre parcel that was planted in 1992.

The grapes are hand-picked, pressed, and the juice is then fermented in tank. After a few months the wine naturally goes through malolactic fermentation giving the wine roundness. The wine is then kept in tank on its lees to conserve its fruity aromas. It is then bottled at the winery after aging for 8-10 months.

The Aligoté is a rustic variety. It produces a lively and perfumed white wine, with peach, citrus, and acacia flower aromas.