Chateau de Beru Athenais Aligote Maceration Bourgogne 2021

Chateau de Beru Athenais Aligoté Maceration Bourgogne 2021

Chateau de Beru
$68.00

Grape: Aligoté
Vintage: 2021
Type: Orange

This skin-contact white wine is part of the watched Athénaïs de Béru négoce line, focusing on certified organic vineyards in Burgundy. The aligoté grapes are harvested by hand from parcels characterized by limestone-rich soils and cool mountain wind exposure. The winemaking utilizes extended whole-bunch skin maceration in neutral containers to build natural phenolic stability and structural complexity without modern cellar additions. Spontaneous fermentation relies on native vineyard yeasts, followed by aging on its fine fermentation lees before bottling unfiltered.

It pours a hazy amber-gold color, releasing distinctive aromas of dried apricot, citrus peel, and fresh potting soil. A medium-bodied, texturally driven frame pairs dried stone fruit flavors with a tea-like tannin structure. A gentle phenolic grip frames mid-palate cleanly, balanced by a sharp beam of mineral acidity. Subtle notes of raw hazelnut and wild thyme add depth across the textured mouthfeel. It finishes bone-dry, leaving a mouthwatering trace of salinity.

Winery

Chateau de Beru

The Béru family have owned the historical Château de Béru domain for 400 years. At the beginning of the 20th century when the phylloxera crisis hit all the vines were uprooted leaving the estate without its source of income. It was only in 1987, that the Comte Éric de Béru, out of passion for wine, undertook to replant the entire vineyard, and in particular, the famous monopole vineyard Clos Béru. His daughter Athénaïs runs the domain now and has transformed the farming to certified Biodynamic practices. Her first vintage was 2005 and in the years that have followed she has become one of the most revered and influential winemakers in Chablis.

Its terroir was formed during the Kimmeridgian era and is mainly composed of crushed limestone and marine fossils.