2025 Sentio Aligote

There are only pockets of Aligote around Australia, and King Valley is producing some of the very best examples.

Produced by the talented Chris Catlow at Sentio, this Aligoté comes from the Darling Estate Vineyard in Upper King Valley. Aligoté, traditionally from Burgundy, France, has found a new home here, and Chris's passion for Burgundian-style wines shines through. With experience with Burgundy's Benjamin Leroux, Chris learnt first-hand how to get the best out of these Burgundian varieties.

Chris has conjured a lovely, complex dry white that is slippery, waxy, bright and racy. It sees some oak, as the grape does in its Burgundian homeland, but this cedary, nutty character really enhances the orchard fruit dense core.

Awesome off-piste but classically drinking white.

95 points
"It slides, it glides, it twists and pinches, but most importantly—it satisfies."
- Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)