Domaine Michel Lafarge Bourgogne Aligote Raisins Dores 2017 NORTH COAST Orientation: South Southeast

Orientation: South Southeast

Produced from parcels in two lieu-dits—15-year-old vines in “Epointures” and 60-year-old vines in “Reniard”—this is pitch-perfect Gevrey-Chambertin: meaty and succulent

while adhering to the spirit’s most authentic roots and richest traditions

and blackberry then broaden along the palate to include chalk

Domaine Michel Lafarge Bourgogne Aligote Raisins Dores 2017 NORTH COAST Orientation: South SoutheastRoutinely one of the finest examples of this cpage to be found, the 2017 Bourgogne Aligot Raisins Dors offers up notes of green orchard fruit and vine blossom. On the palate, it's medium bodied, with a satiny attack, juicy acids and a sun kissed core of fruit. Generous but refreshing, this will drink well out of the gatesbut don't discount its capacity to age.