Appellation: Cotes du Rhone Villages Valreas 

Organically Certified

Grape: 100% Roussanne
Yield: TBC hl/ha
Bottles produced: 3,250
Packing: case of 6 bottles
Ageing & other info: Vineyards are organic certified. Benefits from cool climate at an altitude of 410m, and is home of 120 beehives and a truffle forest. Vines are grown on steep hill facing East, good for catching the first ray of the rising sun. Clay - limestone provides a very elegant mineral edge to the wine. Harvest is usually very late for the region, thus achieving a balance of truffle aroma and fruit strength. Vinification in oak barrels varies from 1 to 3 months, depending on the pieces and vintages. Batonnage ( French term for stirring settled " lees " back into wine, to extra flavours, aromas and textures ) and aging lees for 15-18 months.

Rating & Award: Previous vintage 2017 has Jeb Dunnuck 94 points: " … is reminiscent of a great St. Peray and gives lots of apple blossom, honeysuckle, spice, and hints of toasty oak. Rich and textured, its going to be a sensational white. “. 2018 yet to confirm.

Maturity/Drink: Drink now and, 10+ years aging potential.

Tasting Notes:  

Winemaker's Notes: " An opulent envelope of Côtes du Rhône Sud, the elegance of Côtes du Rhône Nord and the wide mineral tension of Macon. This wine, golden yellow and brilliant with green reflections, reveals a beautiful palate of aromas in various registers: honey, beeswax, quinces, candied citrus, white truffle. The palate reveals itself to be full and rich in flavor, a suave palate whose freshness comes to seize you on the finish. The smoothness and length in the mouth, the precursors of tertiary aromas of great wines suggest a very high level of aging. To consume as an aperitif in tall glasses for connoisseurs or on fish such as a pageot or grilled sea bass with wild fennel, but also its natural strength can allow it to bring you closer to a county ( food ). " 

Things you should know: 

• Jancis Robinson named Wine Maker Stephane Vedeau as the Best New Rhone Wine Maker.

• The wine offers yeasty and slightly oxidized character.