Domaine de l'Aitonnement - Big Bang 2018

Name: Domaine de l'Aitonnement - Big Bang 2018
Brand: Domaine de l'Aitonnement
Rating: 3.8 (9 reviews)

IGP Vin des Allobroges|White wine

Savoie

White

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3.8/5 (9 customers)

15/20

RVF

(Notes vintage 2017)

A dazzling meeting of Altesse and Jacquère. What a singularity! A wine combining the delicacy of Jacquère and the precision of Altesse. A blend with a radical, explosive approach, producing a lively, complex wine that will explode both your taste buds and your certainties. Light years ahead of anything you've ever tasted! Unexpected, irresistible, spontaneous.

Features

Estate

Domaine de l'Aitonnement

Cuvée

Big Bang

Vintage

2018

Designation

IGP Vin des Allobroges

Region

Savoie

Grape varieties

50% Jacquère, 50% Altesse

Terroirs

Younger plots of Jacquère (around ten years old) and plots of Altesse where the soils are "deeper" (maximum 35 cm).

Viticulture

Plots in first year of organic conversion since 2017

Harvest

Manual

Winemaking

Blend made after the end of alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation carried out on the blend, very little SO2 added (20 mg) at bottling, i.e. 43 mg/l in total.

Breeding

In 228-liter and ½-muid 400-liter barrels, with very light stirring (15 seconds per barrel) using a stainless steel whisk, measured from top to bottom, once every 2 weeks for a period of 2 months.

Alcohol content

12%

Tasting & pairing

Eye

Gold

Nose

Lively and complex

Mouth

A wine that combines the delicacy of Jacquère with the precision of Altesse, rich and lactic, with excellent tension and fine length.

Serve

AT 11-12°C

Open

1 hour in advance to allow the wine to settle in, as it is low in sulfur and therefore alive.

Drink before

2023

Guard

4-5 years

Food and wine pairing

Ideal for aperitifs and perfect for fine cuisine such as colombo and lobster shells, turkey strips with cream sauce, chevrotin des Aravis

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Expert opinion

RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France

Rated wine (2020 guide) 15/20 (Vintage 2017) (Good wine)

Domaine noté (guide 2020) Sélectionné (We remind you that this guide is a prize list and as such, all the estates that appear in it, even without a star, represent, in our eyes, the excellence of French production).

About the domain :

Oenologist Maxime Dancoine cultivates only a tiny vineyard, located in Aiton, at the western end of the Maurienne massif. Nevertheless, his wines are beginning to attract the attention of wine lovers. Highly meticulous, biodynamically inspired and certified organic since 2017, it is part of the diversity and ambition that characterize the generational renewal of Savoyard viticulture. This approach takes on its full meaning in light of the new plantings, which give priority to endemic grape varieties such as Jaubertin and Blanc de Maurienne.

Customer reviews

Customer rating

3.8/5

out of 9 reviews