2023 Benjamin Leroux Bourgogne Aligoté, Burgundy, France S.C. Pannell adjoining Les Referts

adjoining Les Referts

to avoid a marked extraction

but only 1 hectare from selected parcels is used for this wine

He has converted all his vineyards to lutte raisonée or organic and now owns 6

2023 Benjamin Leroux Bourgogne Aligoté, Burgundy, France S.C. Pannell adjoining Les RefertsBenjamin first made this wine in 2016, using exclusively old Aligot Dor vines from Bouzeron. The following year he included Aligot from a newly acquired vineyard worked by the Leroux team. Today, he farms two parcels half of which are 80 to 100 years old, and the other half around 30 years old. Directly pressed, settling before transfer to older oak barrels for indigenous yeast fermentation. Aged for 12 months, fined and or filtered if necessary.