Chapuis et Chapuis Aligoté

Chapuis et Chapuis Aligoté

Grapes — 100% Aligoté

Region — Bourgogne Aligoté, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France

Tasting Notes — Eight years in bottle have transformed what was once a bright, electric Aligoté into something more contemplative and rewarding. Honeyed orchard fruit, fresh hay, and chalk on the nose, with layers of beeswax, almond, and dried citrus peel emerging as the wine opens in the glass. The palate is textured and rounded — oyster shell minerality, lemon curd, honeydew melon, and a vibrant thread of acidity that proves just how well this underestimated grape ages when farmed and made with genuine care. A mature Aligoté with nothing to prove and everything to offer. Serve it tonight.

The Wine — A zero-sulfur, unfined, and unfiltered Aligoté assembled from multiple organically farmed parcels across the Côte de Beaune — Savigny-lès-Beaune, Hautes-Côtes de Beaune, Pommard, and Couchois — each contributing a slightly different expression of Aligoté's native freshness and mineral character. Fermented spontaneously with native yeasts and aged approximately six months in barrel before bottling with no additions of any kind. The Chapuis et Chapuis label is built on a single commitment: no added sulfur, no fining, no filtration, nothing hidden. What's in the bottle is exactly what the vineyard gave.

Farming — Organically farmed across approximately four hectares of estate vineyards spread throughout the Côte de Beaune — Chorey-lès-Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune, Aloxe Corton Premier Cru, Corton Grand Cru, and Corton Charlemagne — supplemented by fruit sourced from like-minded certified organic growers in the region.

Winemaking — Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts only. Aged approximately six months in barrel. No added sulfur at any stage — zero. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. The Chapuis et Chapuis label was created specifically as the vessel for this approach: honest Burgundy with nowhere to hide, made by two brothers who learned from the best.

The Producer — Brothers Romain and Jean-Guillaume Chapuis grew up among the vines of Aloxe-Corton — a family steeped in Burgundy's most storied terroirs — before founding their own domaine in 2008. Romain, a trained oenologist, spent formative years working across France, Lebanon, and New Zealand before returning to Burgundy to serve as the top cellar master for Philippe Pacalet — one of the region's most celebrated natural wine producers and the nephew of Marcel Lapierre. That apprenticeship shaped everything. In 2009, the brothers launched Chapuis Frères for their conventional Burgundy range, and Chapuis et Chapuis as a parallel natural wine project: zero sulfur, zero manipulation, maximum honesty. Their parcels stretch across some of Burgundy's finest appellations, all farmed organically and brought to bottle with the kind of restraint and precision that only comes from growing up in these hills. The Aligoté is their most approachable and democratic expression — a reminder that Burgundy's overlooked third grape, in the right hands, can be as compelling as anything grown in these vineyards.

Drink It With — Oysters, fresh goat cheese, crayfish, roasted scallops, asparagus with brown butter, or any table that appreciates a wine with age, honesty, and a very long finish.