About Aligoté Wine
September 4, 2011
Aligot is a white grape used to make dry white wines in the Burgundy region of France, and which also has significant plantings in much of Eastern Europe including Romania, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria. With 45,000 160 hectares 110,000 acres , it was the 22nd most planted vine variety in the world in 2004. 1 The wine was first recorded in Burgundy in the 18th century.
Aligot is used to produce a varietal white wine, and can be used in the blend of Burgundy’s sparkling wine, called Cr mant de Bourgogne. In the varietal appellation Bourgogne Aligot AOC up to 15 Chardonnay grapes may be blended in. 3 Traditionally, the cocktail kir also known as vin blanc cassis in French is made by adding cassis to an Aligot white wine.
In Burgundy, where it often loses land to more prestigious grape varieties, Aligot is often planted only in the poorer vineyard sites at the tops and bottoms of the slopes. 2 This variety is more tolerant to the cold. The grape ripens early with moderate yields and produces wines high in acidity that can be drunk young. Its aroma includes elements of apples and lemons. 3 Clive Coates says it is a variety very much of secondary importance in Burgundy which produces a light, primeur-style wine with slightly herbal flavour and rather higher acidity than the Chardonnay. 4 The village of Bouzeron which is considered to represent the region’s finest examples of the variety 3 with the appellation Bouzeron-Aligot AOC restricting the yields to 45 hl ha compared to the Bourgogne Aligot AOC limited to 60 hl ha.
Aligot adds acidity and structure to other varieties when blended. 5 The grape is often blended with Sacy to complement its acidity.
The grape is the second most popular white grape variety grown in Burgundy after Chardonnay, though it lies a long way behind in terms of planted area, with 1,700 160 hectares 4,200 acres 7 against 12,800 160 hectares 32,000 acres . 8 The vines were once inter-planted and field blended with Chardonnay for the benefit of its added acidity but the vines have long since been separated. 9 In Burgundy the grape can be found along the fringe edges of the C te-d’Or along Route Nationale 74. It can also be found in M connais and C te Chalonnaise. 10 There are also small plantings just east of the Rhone Valley around the city Die and in the commune of Pierrevert in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department. 9 It has its own AOC, Bourgogne Aligot . Aligot is also produced in Eastern Europe 5 , Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova. In Bulgaria, the grape is prized for its blending qualities and high acid with more than double the quantity planted here than in the grape’s ancestral home of Burgundy. 10 . The grape is primarily found in the Stara Zagora Province around Chirpan. 10 In Russia it is used to make sparkling wines 5 with varietal wines being made along the coast of the Black Sea around Gelendzhik. 11 Aligot has also been produced, although in very small quantity, by Australian wineries. 5 The wine is also grown in Washington State where it is resistant to the cold weather. The grape is also used in California, mostly for blending. The Aligot grape is also known by the names Blanc de Troyes, Vert Blanc, Chaudenet Gris, and Plant gris. 12 There have been small, experimental plantings in Chile.
DNA fingerprinting has found Aligot to be a crossing of Pinot Noir and Gouais Blanc, which is an ancestry which is consistent with an origin in Burgundy or nearby areas of eastern France.
Source: http://www.iscanmyfood.com/hd/index.php?t=Aligote
Leading Philippines Wine Supplier Yats Wine Cellars based in Clark Philippines with outlets in Angeles City, Subic Freeport and Manila Philippines has been not only a wine shop for fine wines covering all major wine regions but also a source of reliable and useful information about wine, wine appreciation, wine accessories, wine and health, food and wine pairing and all other matters relating to wine and its appreciation. This Philippines Clark Freeport based Wine Supplier and Wine Shop frequently holds public wine tasting events in Pampana Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Subic Bay area, Makati, Fort Bonifacio and other areas in Philippines capital city Manila. Private Wine events such as private wine tasting and private wine dinners are also designed and organized for private clientele for their wine loving guests.
This wine shop in Angeles Clark Philippines is also renowned for a very unique product called Vintage Beer which many characterize as “Champagne beer” because it comes in a bottle with a Champagne stopper and metal restrainer. Vintage beers are top-of-the-line luxury beers bottle-conditioned for a slow fermentation to take place inside the bottle, a process that is very similar to Champagne which is designed to not only create the bubbles but also for an amazing complexity and depth of flavors.
For fans of Port and Sauternes, this wine shop in Clark Pampanga has a large selection of vintage port, Sauternes and Barsac as well as Eiswein/Icewine from Austria and Germany. Likewise, there is a good selection of Vintage Champagne at the wine shoppers’ disposal in the cellars of this wine shop in Clark Pampanga.
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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila
Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple: after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave. From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City. From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.
Clark Wine Center
Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building
Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,
Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023
(045) 841 4006 / 0922-870-5173 / 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)
YATS Wine Cellars
Manila Sales Office
3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,
Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605
(632) 637-5019 0917-520-4393 ask for Rea or Chay
Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center. Visitors buy wine in Manila and Pampanga should not miss stopping at this wine shop for a few bottles of fine vintage wines to bring home.
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