#24 PRIMA’s ’24 for 24’ Best Wines Of The Year

As old school as their label, this ancient property near the town of Savigny-Les-Beaune has been run since 1995 by Marie-Laure Serrigny and her younger sister Francine who hew to tradition as closely as possible in order to properly do justice to a legacy of old vines that would be the envy of anyone in Burgundy.  The oldest on the entire property are neither Pinot Noir nor Chardonnay, rather two positively ancient parcels of Aligote planted sometime just after the turn of the twentieth century, during Burgundy’s post-phylloxera restoration. At well over the century mark, these vines produce the most prized wine in the cellar, a white that shows just what is possible when inspired winemaking and old vines come together.  Aligote is (in)famous for its pronounced acidity and intense minerality.  In the olden days, that would be just about all you’d get! But, thanks to climate change, recent summers are yielding riper fruit and, therefore, better concentration, so Aligote is finally having its moment in the sun (if you will).  But Aligote gets to another entirely different level here.  Fermented on its native yeast and aged in older barrels, the approach is deceptively simple for a wine with this much depth and character: Great shimmery pear and Golden Delicious apple fruit, a beautifully subtle texture that expands as the wine warms and all of Aligote’s hallmark acidity.  Are you looking for a white that will stand up to all the flavors of a traditional American Thanksgiving?  This might be your wine!  And, with this much chutzpah going for it, you should buy enough to serve for the next 10 Thanksgivings!  Only 200 cases were produced!