Géraldine Louise Bourgogne Aligoté 'Cousu Mains' '20
Maison Géraldine Louise
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Wine artist Géraldine Louise is a brave, enthusiastic, and sparkling woman who makes top cuvées in Burgundy with a lot of know-how. The winery is located in the medieval village of Rosey, between Givry and Buxy, on the outskirts of Côte Chalonnaise. Maison Géraldine Louise is a so-called micro-négoce, so from most of her wines she only makes a few barrels. It is abundantly clear that her focus is on quality instead of quantity.
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- Wine Country
- France
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- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
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- Wine-food combination
- This wine is good as an aperitif, but also combines with various white meat and fish dishes as well as with goat cheeses.
About this wine
Description & facts
Winemaker Géraldine Lochet worked for nine years at Château Cary Potet in Buxy after obtaining her BTS diploma in viticulture and oenology. After this she made the switch to the renowned Domaine Philippe Colin from Chassagne-Montrachet. After twenty years of making wine for others, in 2016 she decided to start her own trading house under the name Maison Géraldine Louise.
She now makes seven different white wines, including two from the Côte de Beaune. Since 2019, she also owns two plots facing south with Aligoté sticks from 1945 on a bottom of sand and granite. She is not only a talented winemaker, but she also has lots of experience in viticulture. For example, she teaches at the CFPPA in Beaune, an education for people who did not grow up in a winemaking family.
- Producer
- Maison Géraldine Louise
- Country of origin
- France
- Wine Region
- Burgundy
- Classification
- AOP Bourgogne
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grape varieties wine
- Chardonnay
- % of grape varieties wine
- 100% Aligoté
- Tasting note
- The 2020 is the first harvest that Géraldine has made for this Aligoté wine. The result is promising: dusty fruit aromas. In the mouth you will recognize the beautiful juicy fresh acidity complemented by elegance and a mineral touch.
- Wine-food combination
- This wine is good as an aperitif, but also combines with various white meat and fish dishes as well as with goat cheeses.
- Vinification
- The wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation with vineyard's own yeasts and malolactic fermentation. Matures largely in French oak barrels. Partly on a new 400L barrel of acacia wood, the specialty of the Tonnellerie Sud-Ouest. In addition, 400 liters matures in a six-year-old oak barrel of 400 liters from Tonnellerie Damy and the other 150 liters in a cuve.
- Soil
- Sandy soil on pink granite.
- Closure
- cork
- Serving temperature
- 10-12 °C
