white grape Bouzeron / Bourgogne Aligoté serve 8–10 °C ages 1–4 years
Aligoté is a white grape: light-bodied, very high acidity, usually dry. 46 Aligoté wines from £14.32. Typical aromas: lemon, green apple, white flowers, chalk.
Typical structure · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
dry · 1/5
Body
lightfull
light · 2/5
Acidity
lowhigh
very high · 5/5
Oak
noneheavy
none · 1/5
Alcohol
lowhigh
moderate · 3/5
Typical for the variety; WineGenie knowledge base, not a measurement of one wine.
Is Aligoté sweet or dry?
Usually dry.
What goes with it
oysters, white fish, salads, goat cheese, Kir. piercing acidity; the traditional base for Kir
Where it grows
Bouzeron / Bourgogne Aligoté, France — Burgundy's other white: lean, high-acid; Bouzeron is the village AOC