2023 Sylvain Pataille Bourgogne Aligoté Les Auvonnes Au Pépé

Les Auvonnes Au Pépé is Sylvain Pataille's smallest Aligoté, just 25 cases a year from vines planted in the 1930s. Pépé is French for grandfather, and this vineyard belonged to Sylvain's grandfather. He believes the minerality of this soil is too beautiful for red wine, so it stays Aligoté, all chalk and salt and citrus. Drink it with shellfish, sushi, or on its own as an aperitif.