Bright and refreshing on the palate, this Aligote is a sprightly alternative to Burgundian Chardonnay. Perfect for summer picnics or any time of year with fresh, cold oysters on the half-shell, this is one wine that you won't be able to stop pouring or drinking! Nadine and Rémi Marcillet's cellars are situated in the lovely village of Fussey, which borders the Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and Hautes-Côtes de Beaune. The domaine is only 25 acres in size, and the husband and wife team use a combination of new and traditional methods to craft their wines, which are matured in oak barrels in their cool 200 year-old cellars. The domaine produces exceptionally good red and white wines including Aligoté, Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, Hautes-Côtes de Nuits and a white Savigny-les-Beaune. The great wines of Burgundy are uniquely complex, compelling and at times memorizing. Above all they are evocative, transformative but like all creatures, temperamental and anything but dependable. Two grapes dominate this agricultural masterpiece, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Both grapes achieve their greatest elegance when planted in cooler climates, to which Burgundy is the coolest and most Northern climate of all the major regions famous for red wines. When winemakers talk about Burgundy, they generally speak of terroir, the compilation of the vineyard's soil, slope, orientation, nuance of climate, etc. This concept of terroir is what makes wines produced from grapes even in the same village or vineyard strikingly different. Burgundy is a place of legend, awe and adventure, a place that wine lovers call home.