From a single parcel of 2/3 Aligote & 1/3 Melon de Bourgogne, of which the majority are ungrafted. Benoit pressed the grapes directly and ages in barrel. The Aligote brings tension and focus, the Melon roundness and aromatics. Find out more.
About the Wine
Made with a rare strain of Aligoté, this wine is 100% Aligoté Dore, meaning golden. The grapes come from some of Benoît’s younger vines, though still 40 plus years old. He waits for the grapes to be golden before picking, ensuring a balance of beautiful ripe fruit with that trademark Aligoté acidity.
As with previous vintages, the 2023 shows lovely texture and plenty of ripe, pure fruit and bright citrus. Aligoté often plays second-fiddle to Chardonnay in this part of the world, though this is a fantastic example of the quality of wine that this grape yield. Textured and rounded with plenty of acidity and a great balance between minerality and ripe fruit. Tasting great in its youth, this is one that would certainly be worth cellaring and will only gain complexity with time.
The wines of Domaine de la Côtelette are incredibly pure and precise. Needless to say, the production is tiny, with very little to go around.
About Domaine de la Côtelette
Benoît Killian is the man behind Domaine de la Côtelette. A musician, wine-seller and more recently vigneron. His love for natural wine came from a chance meeting in 2007 with Marcel Lapierre. Five years passed where Benoît visited and sold wines from many producers and in 2012 was offered the opportunity to buy vines in the Côte de Saône, from his friend Guy Bussière. However, the timing wasn’t quite right. With Benoît having other commitments, he passed up the offer and believed that was the end of the story. Skip to 2018, Benoît drove past the vines, only to see they had been neglected and were up for sale again. Now was the time! He knew the potential of these vineyards which had never had any chemicals treatments. With lots of hard work the 2.5 hectares of vines were restored.
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