Olivier Leflaive Frères 2022 Bourgogne Aligoté "Récolte du Domaine" 750ml
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description: Aligoté has a genuine reputation problem in Burgundy — long treated as Chardonnay's plainer, less prestigious cousin, rarely given the same care or attention. Olivier Leflaive's own team stumbled onto something that changed how they think about the grape entirely: by accident, they discovered that Aligoté "takes rather well to hanging out late," relishing a genuine reprieve on the vine under late summer sun. As a result, Aligoté is now among the very last grapes harvested each year at Olivier Leflaive — a deliberate departure from how most producers treat the variety, and the reason this bottling carries genuine concentration and character rather than the thin, sharp acidity Aligoté is sometimes unfairly known for. "Récolte du Domaine" — harvest of the estate — signals that this wine comes specifically from Olivier Leflaive's own owned vineyard parcels, distinct from the broader négociant business the house also operates. The 2022 vintage draws on fruit from eight small parcels spread across Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet, along with Olivier's own very old vineyard in Corpeau — a genuinely patchwork sourcing approach that reflects decades of careful parcel selection rather than a single, uniform vineyard. The domaine's own technical team, Philippe Grillet, Solène Panigai, and Franck Grux, described the broader 2022 vintage across the house's range in terms that apply directly here: "certain comparisons have been drawn with the 2015 and 2019 vintages in terms of richness and generosity of fruit," they noted, "however there is also a sense of restraint and elegance to 2022" — freshness maintained even alongside real ripeness. An earlier vintage of this exact cuvée offers a useful sense of house style: fruit from a similarly reduced-yield year (just 30 hectoliters per hectare, roughly half a normal crop) produced "small and concentrated" grapes delivering "a generous, sunny style," with a wine "clean and uplifting," its "supple, lemon-cream palate" lifted by a modest…
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