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2020 Sylvain Pataille Aligoté, Burgundy

( £17, 12%, The Wine Society )

Burgundian winemakers used to be a bit sniffy about Aligoté, but climate change has prompted a shift in attitude to the tangy, famously acidic grape variety, exemplified by the Aligoteurs movement of which Sylvain Pataille is a leading figure. This is a brilliant wine from an outstanding producer that could sell at twice the price, showing a touch of older oak, citrus, wet stone and green apple flavours, nice texture and weight and the concentration that often seems to come from old vines.

BuyDrinking window: 2023-29Similar Wines: £15-20, 90-94, France, White, Aligoté
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