2017 Jean-Claude Ramonet Bourgogne-Aligoté

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  8/22/2021 - acyso wrote:

  Goodbyes and birthdays (Chicago, IL): Never been a big fan of aligoté. Pretty typical for the grape with its waxiness. Apart from that, relatively mute in flavour on the palate. Kind of like drinking waxy, slightly alcoholic water.

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  7/13/2021 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points

  Beautiful bouquet, fresh acidity, citrus, stone fruits and anise. Same on the palate. Green apples, mild acidity and a touch of oak.

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  7/9/2021 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points

  Mild tropical fruits in the bouquet. On the palate some orange peel, good acidity and a slight touch of sweetness.

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  4/9/2021 - Wine Canuck wrote: 91 Points

  This pours quite light straw. The nose is medium minus in complexity and medium minus intensity, showing mint, lemon peel, white flowers, cold steel, and cold cream. The palate enters on a veguely herbal butter note, with medium plus acid. The finish is really lovely and medium plus in length showing mint, yogurt and a touch of honeydew melon.

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  3/16/2021 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  12,5% alcohol.
  
  Very pale, neutral whitish-green color. Cool, restrained and slightly reductive nose with light aromas of greengage, gunpowder smoke, some Granny Smith apple, a little bit of sappy herbal spice, a hint of fresh pear and a floral touch of apple blossom. The wine is lively, youthful and medium-bodied on the palate with some sense of concentration. Rather linear overall impression with fresh flavors of greengage and tart Granny Smith apple, some stony mineral notes, a little bit of leesy character and a rubbery hint of reduction. The moderately high acidity keeps the wine in balance, but doesn't really make the wine feel crisp or racy. The finish is ripe, juicy and moderately long with flavors of ripe green apple, some greengage, light stony mineral tones, a little bit of leesy creaminess and a lactic hint of MLF.
  
  A balanced and tasty but ultimately slightly ho-hum for an Aligoté. Seems to lack the depth and precision that are The Thing in Ramonet's white Burgundies. This is a solid and reliable Aligoté that is pretty much what one might expect from the variety, but nothing beyond that. A good effort, but nothing memorable.

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