2020 Bourgogne Aligoté Doré, Domaine Boris Champy

This comes from a high altitude vineyard in Nantoux, situated at around 420 metres. The vines were planted by the visionary Didier Montchovet back in 1987, by which time his estate was certified bio-dynamic. Pale golden in colour, this has ripe, lemony fruitiness on the nose, with impressive intensity on the palate, good middle and fresh length. 70% of the cuvée fermented in mature, small oak barrels, the balance in an egg-shaped stainless steel sphere (for drinking 2022-2025+).