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Domaine de l'Aitonnement - Big Bang 2018

IGP Vin des Allobroges|White wine

3.8/5 (9 customers)

15/20

RVF

(2017 Vintage Notes)

A dazzling encounter between Altesse and Jacquère. Now that’s something unique! A wine that combines the delicacy of Jacquère with the precision of Altesse. A blend with a radical, explosive approach, producing a lively and complex wine that will blow away both your taste buds and your preconceptions. A world away from anything you’ve ever tasted! Unexpected, irresistible, spontaneous.

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Estate

Domaine de l'Aitonnement

Vintage

Big Bang

Vintage

2018

Designation

IGP Vin des Allobroges

Region

Savoie

Grape Varieties

50% Jacquère, 50% Altesse

Regions

The youngest Jacquère plots (about ten years old) and Altesse plots where the soil is “deeper” (up to 35 cm)

Viticulture

Plots in their first year of conversion to organic farming since 2017

Grape Harvest

Manuals

Winemaking

Blended after alcoholic fermentation was complete; malolactic fermentation carried out on the blend; very little SO₂ added (20 mg) at bottling, for a total of 43 mg/l

Livestock farming

Aged in 228-liter barrels and 400-liter ½-muid barrels with very light stirring (15 seconds per barrel) using a stainless-steel whisk, with a gentle up-and-down motion once every two weeks for a period of two months

Alcohol content

12%

Eye

Gold

Nose

Lively and complex

Palate

A wine that combines the delicacy of Jacquère with the precision of Altesse; rich and lactic, with beautiful structure and a refined finish

Serve

At 11-12°C

Open

Open 1 hour in advance to let it breathe, as this wine has low sulfites and is therefore lively

Drink before

2023

Guard

4–5 years

Food and wine pairings

Ideal for aperitifs and perfect for fine dining dishes such as colombo and lobster shells, thinly sliced turkey in cream sauce, and chevrotin from the Aravis

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

Rated estate (2020 guide) Selected (Please note that this guide is a ranking, and as such, all the estates listed here—even those without a star—represent, in our view, the pinnacle of French winemaking.)

About the estate:

Maxime Dancoine, a winemaker, cultivates only a very small vineyard located in Aiton, at the western edge of the Maurienne Massif. The wines produced there are nevertheless beginning to attract the attention of wine enthusiasts. Cultivated with great care, inspired by biodynamic principles, and certified organic since 2017, his wines embody 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 prioritize indigenous grape varieties such as Jaubertin and Blanc de Maurienne.

Customer rating

3.8/5

based on 9 reviews