Domaine Ramonet Bouzeron Aligote 2020 CS20230718 and unmistakably southern Rhône

and unmistakably southern Rhône

An intensely herbal liqueur from the French Alps

foggiest corners of the true Sonoma Coast

The wine opens with an aromatic symphony of red berries—ripe cherry

Domaine Ramonet Bouzeron Aligote 2020 CS20230718 and unmistakably southern RhôneBouzeron is the only appellation in France that belongs entirely to Aligote a Cote Chalonnaise village that fought to prove the grape could be more than a mixer. Ramonet, a house built on Chassagne Montrachet Chardonnay, picked up a parcel there in 2011; it runs to less than a hectare, so there is never much of this to go around. The wine starts in steel and then goes to barrel for a long elevage, which is unusual for Aligote and largely the point: it